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Illustration of Opabinia with five eyes and what look like scales.
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Opabinia

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a fossilized ancient sea creature
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Wiwaxia

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A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

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

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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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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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Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama
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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.
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Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

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Although in reality an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the C
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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

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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?

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