Ornithopoda Tooth: You Eat Like a Bird
This tooth comes from a really old vegetarian—65-67 million years old.
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Ornithomimid Claw: Raise a Hand For Ostriches
This dinosaur had long, slender arms with powerful hook-like claws
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Tooth Whorl of Fossil Shark
This 290 million-year-old spiral of teeth would have belonged to an ancient swimmer from Idaho.
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Propeller Plant 3: If You Could Fly
Helicopter-blade-shaped leaves make the red-flowered succulent look ready for a blazing takeoff.
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Shasta Ground Sloth Dung
Believe it or not, this rarely preserved dung specimen is a precious commodity for our scientists.
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Age of Mammals
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Ceratosaurus Vertebra
This sizeable and intricately curved specimen belonged to a meat eater that prowled in what is today Utah.
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Nova Agave 4: Living Sculpture
Protected by leathery leaves and spines, this plant also has a delicate side—a gorgeous six-foot flower spike.
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Egyptian Tom-Tom: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Early sound effects devices, like this one, were improvised and primitively constructed.
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Dire Wolf Baculum: Ancient Private Parts
It's not easy to discern a fossil's gender, but a baculum — a bone in the penis — usually does the trick.
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Chip and Ruthie Bailey
Theropod Toe Bone: Toe-y Montana
This toe from the predatory theropod, discovered in the Montana badlands, is roughly 67-65 million years old.
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Orange Tree 3: You Always Pick Me
The squeezing began in the 1800s, when Spanish missionaries carted the sun-worshipping citrus to California.
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Whale Stomach Bolus: You Aren't What You Eat
After this fossil whale stomach was treated in a lab, undigested fish and shark parts were revealed.
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Triceratops Horn
This 67-million-year-old Triceratops touchable specimen was discovered in Wyoming.
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T. rex Leg Bone: A Cross Section of Life
This huge fossil was sliced into three segments so that scientists could more closely examine its structure.
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Coast Live Oak Tree 2: Give Me Shelter
Early Native Americans used acorns from this long-lived tree for food and its canopy as a sun block.
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Modern Fruit Bat Arm: Mammal Super Hero
Bats are the only mammals that can fly — thanks to hands that evolved into wings.
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Triceratops Finger 2: A Few Pointers
Studying skeletal specimens like this finger bone helps scientists learn how these creatures moved.
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Columbian Mammoth Jaw: South of the Border Find
This species ranged from Washington to Central America, and this specimen was discovered in Jalisco, Mexico.
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Tally Stick: Tally-Ho!
A tally stick was a memory aid, and helpful tool, for cattle ranchers keeping records.
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Becoming Los Angeles
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T. rex Tooth: Bone Crusher!
This predator's mouth was filled with big, serrated teeth, which with the help of a strong jaw, could crush bone.
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Triceratops Finger 1: A Few Pointers
Studying skeletal specimens like this finger bone helps scientists learn how these creatures moved.
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