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Globotruncana falsostuarti -- a foram that lived about 75 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.
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Globotruncana falsostuarti

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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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dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

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

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

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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Researchers Prepare for a Long Day in the Field

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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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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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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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