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Published: 2010-06-20 02:30:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 2794; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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Aspidorhynchus sp. is a ray-finned fish that flourished in worldwide oceans during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. It probably lived a lifestyle similar to the modern barracuda but was more closely related to the modern freshwasher bowfin.This reconstruction is part of series on the fish of the Jagua Vieja formation of Western Cuba (Oxfordian) for prof. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo.
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Reminds me of a needlefish (I think that's what they're called).
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Good thing I read artist descriptions, I wanted to ask if it was a precursor to swordfish with a snout like that. I found the slightly off focus fish just behind the in focus fish slightly confusing (could just be I'm easily confused 
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Cool work, I wonder its' spear nose is actually bony structure or cartilage?
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Cool, so it would stab their prey or is it for defense purpose?
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