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A photo of an arid ocean cliff in Chile's Atacama Desert with the ocean below.
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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert

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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 image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
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Teeth and Jaw of an Ancient Shark

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

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Scientists remove remove the whale fossil plaster jacket from the r
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Excavating the Fossil

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Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Digging a Trench

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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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