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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 13:03
Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

The foot-long extinct shark Falcatus falcatus lived during the early Carboniferous...
A close up of a sediment core.
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Sediment Core Close-Up

These deep-sea sediment cores were drilled from beneath the seafloor, and hold...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Fossil Forams and the Scientific Process

Students use foram “bio cards” to read and interpret authentic scientific data...
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 15:03
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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...
August 2016
An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...
March 2012
Two skulls belonging to extinct marine mammal herbivores used in the new study, both from the Smithsonian’s collections.

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...
July 2016

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