Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

Notice the pink tentacles, which “recliners” used to filter feed.
Photo

Recliner Rudists

View Image
Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
Photo

Lenticulina secans

View Image
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
Slideshow

A Squalodontid Success

See the Full Slideshow
Two men each hold a ceramic vessel at the archaeological excavation
Article

Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada

Read the Full Article
A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
Article

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Read the Full Article
A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
Article

Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

Read the Full Article
a group of ichthyosaurs swims at the ocean's surface
Article

Mystery of An Ichthyosaur Graveyard Revealed

Read the Full Article
A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
Photo

Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

View Image
An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
Photo

The Archean Eon (4,600 – 2,500 Million Years Ago)

View Image
A rendering of an ocean scene as it may have looked 65 million years ago, when an astroid fell to Earth and triggered a mass extinction event.
Photo

Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (65 Million Years Ago)

View Image
A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
Photo

Cambrian Period (542 – 488 Million Years Ago)

View Image
A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
Photo

Carbonate Reef (Cretaceous Period: 145 - 65 Million Years Ago)

View Image