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![This jellyfish fossil is from the Cambrian period, more than 500 million years ago.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/fossil-jellyfish_0.png.webp?itok=OkK88qv5)
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Fossil Jellyfish
How long have jellyfish lived in the ocean? This jellyfish fossil is from the......![Ancient Entoproct Community An Illustration of small tentacled fossils.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ancient-entoproct.jpg.webp?itok=XTzsL6_l)
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Ancient Entoproct Community
For a long time, scientists thought that some small tentacled fossils were early......![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](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/DG001578_tif.jpg.webp?itok=iIsSv7-e)
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants
You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since......
March 2016
![Rudist clams are mollusks that went extinct about 65 million years ago.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/6_09-M-01G-01-Rudist-mural_0.jpg.webp?itok=Vaj072q6)
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Rudist Clams
Rudist clams are mollusks that went extinct about 65 million years ago. They were......![A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/6_09_M-01G-01_Rudist_mural-full_0.jpg.webp?itok=qTHUvq5n)
Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs
About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built......
December 2009