2.6" Monster Fish (Pachyrhizodus) Jaw - Kansas

This is a 2.6" wide, jaw section from Pachyrhizodus, a very large ray finned fish the inhabited the Inland Seaway some 80 million years ago. There aren't any teeth still residing in the jaw, but the tooth sockets do contain calcite grystals. It was collected from the Smoky Hill Chalk in Gove County, Kansas. This is a very cool specimen worthy of any collection.

This specimen is accompanied by an acrylic display stand.

The Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk formation is a Cretaceous conservation Lagerstätte, or fossil-rich geological formation, known primarily for its exceptionally well-preserved marine reptiles. It outcrops in parts of northwest Kansas--its most famous localities for fossils--and in southeastern Nebraska. Large, well-known fossils excavated from the Smoky Hill Chalk include marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs, large bony fish such as Xiphactinus, mosasaurs, pterosaurs, and turtles.
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SPECIES
Pachyrhizodus sp.
LOCATION
Gove County, Kansas
FORMATION
Niobrara Formation
SIZE
2.6" wide
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#216428
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