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

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A Smithsonian scientist with a whale fossil he excavated
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Panama Expedition Success

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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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Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

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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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Fossils Get a CT Scan

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Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

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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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dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

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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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