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

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A hippopotamus-like creature swims underwater
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Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

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A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
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Teeth and Jaw of an Ancient Shark

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A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
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Arm Bone Fossil of an Ancient Toothed Whale

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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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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

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Racing the Tide

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

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An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Illustration of a New Fossil Whale, Bohaskaia monodontoides

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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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A handful of fossil pieces from the Cambrian period sit on a gray background.
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Scientists and Fossils

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