Digital Collections | AMNH - Xiphactinus, late cretaceous marine predator fish with massive, heavily toothed jaws

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Conceptually similar

Hall of Vertebrate Origins under construction

ptc-6437

Pteranodon fossil

ptc-6436

Jeanne Kelly preparing Xiphactinus

ptc-6644

Fish with cartilaginous horns and fin extensions, side view

ptc-7521

Carcharodon jaws in Hall of Vertebrate Origins, under construction, 1996

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Jeanne Kelly preparing Xiphactinus, Hall of Vertebrate Origins, 1996

ptc-6643

Two fish, top and side views, shown with enzyme-based clearing and staining technique to reveal the complex structure of fishes

ptc-7518

Jeanne Kelly preparing Xiphactinus, Hall of Vertebrate Origins, 1996

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Three seahorses, shown with enzyme-based clearing and staining technique to reveal the complex structure of fishes

ptc-7519

Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Presto's crocodile), Hall of Vertebrate Origins, 1996

ptc-6435

Thalassomedon (plesiosaurus), Hall of Vertebrate Origins, 1996

ptc-6518

Lestodon (Giant Sloth), extinct

ptc-6661

Three seahorses, shown with enzyme-based clearing and staining technique to reveal structure

ptc-7520

Antiarchs, found Escuminac Bay, Quebec, Canada. Late Devonian, approximately 375 million years ago, L 25 cm

ptc-5836

Fossil, braincase and jaws (with metal restoration) of Xenacanth shark (Orthocanthus), 280-million-years-old, from Texas

ptc-5875

Dissorophus, relative of frogs with armadillo-like armor covering, 280 million years old

ptc-6013

Mountain gorilla diorama, Kivu Mountains, Zaire, Akeley Hall of African Mammals

ptc-6918

Arthrodire, Dunkleosteus, Early Jurassic, Hall of Vertebrate Origins

ptc-5876

Estesia, primitive lizard related to living monitors, 72 million years old

ptc-6017

Buettneria, early large amphibious tetrapod

ptc-6021