Xiphactinus fossil fish cast replica #1 panel Therapods when alive

when alive

were cast by Sheriff Dennis Hereford on April 22

likely used for defense

This same life-cast was then used to create the Official STAR TREK Captain Kirk mask released by Don Post Studios

or anyone interested in prehistoric life

Xiphactinus fossil fish cast replica #1 panel Therapods when aliveXiphactinus skull fossil fish cast replica #1 panel Xiphactinus audax, skull Xiphactinus 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