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![Ancient sea cow vertebra found in the Gatun Formation in Central America, Panama](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Jorge_Velez-Juarbe.jpg.webp?itok=bGDma1Ye)
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra
A fossil vertebra that a Smithsonian researcher's mother found while prospecting...![paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Pyenson_Luggage.jpg.webp?itok=OvEkpBfO)
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation
Paleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the......![Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/8077_small.jpg.webp?itok=oWm2e_XT)
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!
Jorge and I packed up the night we arrived in Panama with Aaron O'Dea and his team......
June 2011
![Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Team_Breakfast_Pyenson_small.jpg.webp?itok=wOHt3L0-)
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At STRI, No Whales Yet, But There Are Fossil Sea Cows...
Jorge and I arrived in Panama City around 3 pm this afternoon, and took a taxi to......
June 2011
![Smithsonian Scientists Dig a Trench Around a squalodontid Skull](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_large/public/2023-11/Dig_begins_4974_small.jpg.webp?itok=WCTYBIN8)
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Expedition to Excavate a Fossil Whale
My graduate student Jorge and I are departing today for Panama, to excavate a......
June 2011