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Xiphactinus audax (from Latin and Greek for "sword-ray daring") was a big predatory bony fish that lived in the Cretaceous period. It grew to at least 20 feet long. Skeletal remains of Xiphactinus have come from Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia.

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