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

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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
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Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs

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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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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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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An ancient whale ancestor
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Evolution of Whales Animation

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
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Carbonate Reef (Cretaceous Period: 145 - 65 Million Years Ago)

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An illustration of multispecies communities of dugongs from India, Mexico and Florida
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Multispecies Communities of Seacows

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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 researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.
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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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