Xiphactinus audax, skull Carnataurus Cave bears grew larger during

Cave bears grew larger during glaciations and smaller during interglacials

and structures primitive within Sarcopterygii

9 million years a go existing for approximately 26

there are starfish species that have many more then just five

Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry of Utah

Xiphactinus audax, skull Carnataurus Cave bears grew larger duringXiphactinus 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