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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

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An ancient whale ancestor
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Evolution of Whales Animation

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A screenshot from video showing illustrations of ancient coral reefs.
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Coral Reefs Changing Over Time

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A screenshot from video showing Brian Huber behind a microscope.
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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

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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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Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

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The first known filter feeder is a large shrimp-like creature called Tamisiocaris borealis. The feather-like structures on its head were used to rake plankton from the sea.
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The First Filter Feeder

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Fossil Forams and the Scientific Process

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

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

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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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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

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