Xiphactinus audax, skull Ankylosaurus and was inhabited by a

and was inhabited by a rich fauna of marine life such as this crab

The teeth are sharp as in the Eichstatt specimen

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

In contrast

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

Xiphactinus audax, skull Ankylosaurus and was inhabited by aXiphactinus 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