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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...

November 2018

Fossil mosasaur skull and partial skeleton sitting in what looks like the dirt it was excavated from.

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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...

October 2018

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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...

July 2018

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 An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...

August 2016

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

You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since...

March 2016

A close-up image of a fossil shark jaw with teeth.

Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

For the last 150 years, paleontologists have debated the origins of the great white...

November 2012

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

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...

May 2012

A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.

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Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

We departed from Port Renfrew on Tuesday morning on the Michelle Diana, a boat...

May 2012

Nick Pyenson points to a skull and skeleton of a fossil whale.

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Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

The whales that we see in today's world can broadly be split into two groups: those...

May 2012

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

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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

Monodontids, the group of whales that includes the belugas and narwhals swimming...

March 2012

An illustration of multispecies communities of dugongs from India, Mexico and Florida

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The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

Sirenians, or seacows, are a group of marine mammals that include manatees and...

January 2012

Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.

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New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

The evolution of whales represents one of the great stories in macroevolution. It's...

September 2011

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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

What the Megalodon Left Behind

Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

Smithsonian Ocean

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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

What the Megalodon Left Behind

Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

Shark Teeth Tell Great White Shark Evolution Story

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

Dispatches from the Field: Treacherous stream crossings and a new fossil find

Excavating a "toothed" baleen whale from Vancouver Island

Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

The Discovery of Multispecies Communities of Seacows

New Archaeocetes from Peru Are the Oldest Fossil Whales from South America

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