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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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A Collection of Cambrian Fossils

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Photograph of the model of a Giant Megatooth Shark, taken from the front..
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Shark Ancestors

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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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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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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 fossil imprint of Haplophrentis carinatus with two oar-like appendages.
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Haplophrentis carinatus

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Colorful illustration of extinct Archaeocyatha that lived on the seafloor.
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Archaeocyatha

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Illustration of Opabinia with five eyes and what look like scales.
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Opabinia

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A fossil imprint of Ottoia prolifica.
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Ottoia prolifica

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A bright illustration of extinct predator Hurdia victoria.
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Hurdia Victoria

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An image of a Anomalocaris canadensis fossil.
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Anomalocaris canadensis

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Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

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