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Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

 On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
a squalodontid skull is dislodged after a plaster jacket is applied
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Dislodging the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Smithsonian scientists apply a plaster bandage cap to a block of rock containing fossils
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Securing the Fossil

 Paeleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Douglas Chilton uses traditional carving tools to shape the Raven Spirit canoe.
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Carving the Canoe

 Douglas Chilton uses traditional carving tools to shape the Raven Spirit canoe....