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One of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida...
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A Devonian bony fish mortality plate showing a lower shield of Zenaspis podolica (Lankester, 1869)...
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Sheer beauty — a beautiful Euhoplites ammonite from Folkstone, UK. These lovelies have a pleasing...
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Carnotaurus sastrei, a genus of large theropod dinosaurs that roamed the southern tip of Argentina...