Pachycormiformes
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Pachycormiformes is an extinct order of marine ray-finned fish known from the Early Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Depending on the treatment, it only includes a single family, Pachycormidae,
Pachycormus bollensis Naturmuseum Senckenberg DSC02210
Orthocormus cornutus 1
Speculative life restoration of Leedsichthys
Life restoration of Pachycormus
Protosphyraena
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Protosphyraena is a fossil genus of swordfish-like marine fish, that thrived worldwide during the Cretaceous period. Fossil remains of this taxon are mainly discovered in North America and Europe, and
Two species of Kansas Protosphyraena - the larger (about 3 m long) P. perniciosa and smaller P. nitida
Skull fossil
Holotype rostrum of Protosphyraena nitida (from Hay, 1903)