Scientists from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute collect the fossils of Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil dolphin, from the Caribbean coast of Panama on 18 June 2011. The fossil was then encased in a white plaster jacket, and recovered as the tide rushed in. (Credit: Jorge Velez-Juarbe)
Scientists from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute collect the fossils of Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil dolphin, from the Caribbean coast of Panama on 18 June 2011. The fossil was then encased in a white plaster jacket, and recovered as the tide rushed in. (Credit: Jorge Velez-Juarbe)
