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Scientists remove remove the whale fossil plaster jacket from the r
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Excavating the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Fossil tooth whorl of ancient shark.
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Fossil tooth spiral

 This fossil tooth whorl of the ancient shark Helicoprion, dates back 290 million...
Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Racing the Tide

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull
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Digging a Trench

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...