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A rendering of an ocean scene as it may have looked 65 million years ago, when an astroid fell to Earth and triggered a mass extinction event.
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Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (65 Million Years Ago)

This rendering shows life at the end of the Cretaceous Period, before the impact of...
Illustration of the Paleozoic shallow water habitat.
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A Mississippian Marine Habitat (359 - 318 Million Years Ago)

Crinoids (echinoderms related to sea stars and sea urchins) dominate the Paleozoic...
A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Cambrian Period, featuring an arthropod, annelids, and other animals.
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Cambrian Period (542 – 488 Million Years Ago)

The basic body plans of all modern animals were set during the Cambrian Period, 542...
A rendering of an underwater marine scene from the Proterozoic Eon, featuring a creature that resembles a jellyfish and other organisms.
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Ediacaran Community, Proterozoic Eon (2,500 - 542 Million Years Ago)

Earth’s first animals had soft bodies. This illustration shows a community of...
An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Archean Eon (4,600 – 2,500 Million Years Ago)

Humans are late arrivals on Earth. For nearly 75% of Earth’s history, life...
Beautiful crab water colors
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Trapezia Crabs Watercolors

These watercolor sketches of Trapezia crabs were drawn by Frederick Bayer, a former...
An artistic rendering of an ocean landscape as it may have looked during the Archean Eon.
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The Ocean Throughout Geologic Time, An Image Gallery

Evidence shows that life probably began in the ocean at least 3.5 billion years...
Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:30
Color illustration of an ancient bivalve.
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Rudist Reefs

About 100 million years ago, during the heyday of the dinosaurs, reefs were built...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:25
Jellyfish illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Semaeostome Jellyfish

The Semaeostomes (the name translates to “flag mouths”) are an order of...
Sea squire illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Sea Squirts

Sea squirts, or ascidians, are a diverse class of marine invertebrates representing...
Illustrations of radiolarians from Ernst Haeckel.
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Radiolarians

Of all of the species Haeckel described, he is most famous for his illustrations of...
Illustration of copepods from Ernst Haeckel.
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Copepods

Copepods are aquatic crustaceans found in every marine habitat, from surface waters...

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