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Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

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Photograph of the model of a Giant Megatooth Shark, taken from the front..
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Shark Ancestors

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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A Collection of Cambrian Fossils

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A close up of a sediment core.
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Sediment Core Close-Up

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Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

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A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.
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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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