Xiphactinus audax, skull Ankylosaurus This fossil replica is from

This fossil replica is from the largest meat-eating dinosaur discovered

who was a staunch "Darwinist" failed to recognize the true import of the fossil and merely remarked on it as a "reptile-like bird"

are ocean dwelling creatures that live their lives attached to the sea floor

Ankylosaurus had small

Xiphactinus audax, skull Ankylosaurus This fossil replica is fromXiphactinus audax (from Latin and Greek for "audacious sword ray") was a large, 15 to 20 foot long predatory bony fish that lived in the Niobraran Sea, in what is now North America, during the Late Cretaceous. When alive, the beast would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. Skeletal remains of Xiphactinus have come from Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia. Despite being preyed on by sharks and mosasaurs, X. audax was, nonetheless, a voracious predator