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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation

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A Squalodontid Success

On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...

Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47

This jellyfish fossil is from the Cambrian period, more than 500 million years ago.

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Fossil Jellyfish

How long have jellyfish lived in the ocean? This jellyfish fossil is from the...

Smithsonian researchers with fossil whale skulls from the group Monodontidae

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a New Fossil Whale

Monodontids, the group of whales that includes living belugas and narwhals, are...

A photo of an arid ocean cliff in Chile's Atacama Desert with the ocean below.

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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert

Smithsonian curator of fossil marine mammals Nick Pyenson and a team of...

Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of Peruvian archaeocetes (ancient whales), in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at the Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos. Uhen is a professor at George Mason Univer

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Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of...

A scientific diagram containing photos and illustrations of the bones and teeth of fossil whales.

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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

These are fossil remains of archaeocetes, ancient whales, from the Paracas...

Two researchers, looking for fossil whales, scan a rock formation in Peru's Pisco Basin.

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Searching for Fossil Whales in Peru

George Mason University professor Mark D. Uhen and Dr. Matthew Lewin of the...

A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated

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Panama Expedition Success

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

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...

Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama

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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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