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An ancient whale ancestor
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Evolution of Whales Animation

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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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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

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Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

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A screenshot from video showing Brian Huber behind a microscope.
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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

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A screenshot from video showing illustrations of ancient coral reefs.
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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

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The first known filter feeder is a large shrimp-like creature called Tamisiocaris borealis. The feather-like structures on its head were used to rake plankton from the sea.
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The First Filter Feeder

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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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Illustration of the Paleozoic shallow water habitat.
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A Mississippian Marine Habitat (359 - 318 Million Years Ago)

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Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of Peruvian archaeocetes (ancient whales), in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at the Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos. Uhen is a professor at George Mason Univer
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Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

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A scientific diagram containing photos and illustrations of the bones and teeth of fossil whales.
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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

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Two researchers, looking for fossil whales, scan a rock formation in Peru's Pisco Basin.
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Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru

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