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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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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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

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A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

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Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
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Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

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A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
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Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

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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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Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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Globotruncana falsostuarti -- a foram that lived about 75 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.
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Globotruncana falsostuarti

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