The big fish that went away . . .

From Denver, at a meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

FINE CATCH. Artist’s concept of Xiphiorhynchus rotundus, an ancient billfish related to modern-day swordfish. Fierstine

Deep-sea anglers, sit back in your deck chairs, close your eyes, and imagine fighting to land one of the monstrous fish that cruised the seas off South Carolina about 26 million years ago.