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A screenshot from the video of jars in the Smithsonian marine collections.

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The Smithsonian Marine Collections

December 2016

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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation

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A Squalodontid Success

June 2011

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Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull

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Digging a Trench

June 2011

a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied

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Dislodging the Fossil

June 2011

Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils

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Securing the Fossil

June 2011