Bananogmius

Taxobox

| image_caption = Bananogmius Evolutus
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
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genus = Bananogmius
species = B. Evolutus
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"Bananogmius" is an extinct genus of bony fish that was 6 feet long. It was found in Kansas and had a large sail on it's back that resembles that of a modern day swordfish. It lived 80 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous and lived in the same age as Tylosaurus and Elasmosaurus. It may have eaten mollusks.

Sources

*"Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils" by Rex Buchanan

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/timeline/#bananogmius

http://keystonegallery.com/fossils/bony_fish.html#Fish-Bananogmius