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

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Benthic scientists are interested in organisms on the seafloor.
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The ‘Mud People'

 Benthic scientists are interested in the creatures that live on and in the seafloor...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

 The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...