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

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A shark tooth embedded in a bone
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What the Megalodon Left Behind

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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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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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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An Illustration of small tentacled fossils.
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Ancient Entoproct Community

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

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

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The first known filter feeder is a large shrimp-like creature called Tamisiocaris borealis. The feather-like structures on its head were used to rake plankton from the sea.
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The First Filter Feeder

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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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Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.
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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

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