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Sue (T. rex specimen)

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One of the most complete and largest T. rex specimens ever found. Importance: Offers valuable information on the structure and potential behavior of T. rex.

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Diplodocus

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A long-necked, long-tailed sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic period. Importance: Helps researchers understand sauropod biomechanics and growth patterns.

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Megalodon

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An extinct species of giant shark. Importance: Helps understand the diversity of marine life and the reasons behind the extinction of large species.

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Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

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Closest extinct human relative. Importance: Provides deep insights into human evolution, and the nature of Neanderthal-human interactions.

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Pterosaurs

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First vertebrates known to evolve powered flight. Importance: Represent the airborne niches once dinosaurs roamed the earth.

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Anomalocaris

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Ancient predatory arthropod, one of the largest animals in the Cambrian oceans. Importance: Sheds light on early arthropod evolution and Cambrian predator-prey dynamics.

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Hallucigenia

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A peculiar spiny organism from the Cambrian era. Importance: Highlights the experimental nature of evolution during the Cambrian explosion.

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Ambulocetus

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An early cetacean that could walk as well as swim. Importance: Illustrates the evolutionary transition from land to sea in whale ancestors.

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Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)

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Early hominin, significant for upright walking ability. Importance: Provides insight into human evolution and bipedal locomotion.

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Trilobites

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Extinct marine arthropods, ubiquitous throughout the Paleozoic era. Importance: Key index fossils used to date geological layers.

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Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

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Subspecies of Homo erectus, early evidence of the use of fire. Importance: Vital for understanding early human migration and technology use.

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Coelacanth

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An ancient order of fish thought to be extinct until rediscovered in 1938. Importance: Known as a 'living fossil' and provides information on the lobed-fin predecessors of tetrapods.

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Tiktaalik

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Fishapod that shows the transition from fish to tetrapods. Importance: Illustrates the move of vertebrates from water to land.

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Stromatolites

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Layered bio-chemical accretion structures formed by the trapping of sedimentary grains by microbial mats. Importance: Some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, dating back to the Archean Eon.

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Opabinia

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Unusual arthropod with a proboscis and five eyes. Importance: Demonstrates the diversity of life and unusual body plans during the Cambrian explosion.

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Microraptor

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A small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Importance: Provides evidence of the diversity of feathered dinosaurs and possible evolutionary paths to flight.

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Velociraptor

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A small, feathered theropod dinosaur. Importance: Provided strong evidence that birds are closely related to dinosaurs.

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Tyrannosaurus rex

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One of the largest land predators to have ever lived. Importance: Provided insights into the physiology and behavior of large theropod dinosaurs.

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Archaeopteryx

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First known bird, transition between non-avian dinosaurs and birds. Importance: Demonstrates the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs.

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Pakicetus

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Regarded as one of the first whale ancestors, a terrestrial cetacean. Importance: Key in studying the evolution of whales from land to sea.

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