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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Trapezia Crabs Watercolors
These watercolor sketches of Trapezia crabs were drawn by Frederick Bayer, a former...
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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

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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

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Semaeostome Jellyfish
The Semaeostomes (the name translates to “flag mouths”) are an order of...
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Sea Squirts
Sea squirts, or ascidians, are a diverse class of marine invertebrates representing...
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Radiolarians
Of all of the species Haeckel described, he is most famous for his illustrations of...
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