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The Opening of the North Atlantic Ocean

160 million years ago

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MIT-FieldWork

Field work exploring the geological records of complex life

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  • Plenty of media coverage for the recent eurypterid BME Evolutionary Biology paper from the Briggs Lab https://t.co/SX2sZTAVse November 18, 2015 2:45 pm
  • FCL team member Andrew Knoll attracting a large audience for his #GSA2015 talk on Cambrian Skeletal Biomineralization November 3, 2015 3:53 pm

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