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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

October 2013

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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?

July 2016

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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

September 2011

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