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A bright illustration of extinct predator Hurdia victoria.
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Hurdia Victoria

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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

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

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Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.
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An Ancient Whale Skeleton, Unexcavated

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Ancient sea cow vertebra found in the Gatun Formation in Central America, Panama
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

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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

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a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

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Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

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Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
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Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

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

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Photograph of the model of a Giant Megatooth Shark, taken from the front..
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Shark Ancestors

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