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    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars
    • Cryptic Sea Stars

    Cryptic Sea Stars

    DNA can unite species that were thought to be different. Scientists believed these Sea Stars to […]

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    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins
    • Pencil Urchins

    Pencil Urchins

    Cryptic species – species that look alike – present a challenge for scientists who classify organisms. […]

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    • Grape Fossil
    • Grape Fossil
    • Grape Fossil gif

    World’s Oldest Grape Fossil

    Museum scientists discovered that fossil grape seeds from India are almost 10 million years older than […]

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    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara

    Tuatara

    This single surviving species of a 200-million-year-old lineage is a very rare relative to lizards and […]

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    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull
    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull
    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull

    Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid

    This crocodile-like reptile had an unusually short snout, giving it an incredibly powerful bite well adapted […]

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    • Titanoboa Vertebra and Ribs
    • Titanoboa Vertebra and Ribs
    • Titanoboa Vertebra
    • Variety of vertebrae

    Titanoboa

    Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 […]

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    • Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle
    • Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle

    Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle

    This massive fossil is the largest freshwater turtle species found from the Paleocene (66–56 million years […]

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