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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

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Fossil Forams and the Scientific Process

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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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the skull of a mosasaur
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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

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Mistaken Point New Foundland
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Ediacaran Fossils: One Species at a Time

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Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

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A Hawaiian petrel in flight
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4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

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A 3-D reconstruction of the skull of a fin whale fetus.
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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

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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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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale

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A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
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Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

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