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National Museums Scotland Research Associate Sandy Hetherington with sample of the 410 million year-old fossil of Prototaxites

National Museums Scotland Research Associate Sandy Hetherington with sample of the 410 million year-old fossil of Prototaxites (credit Neil Hanna)

Choppers' remains are examined the National Museums Collections Centre in Edinburgh. Photo Duncan McGlynn (1)

Choppers' remains are examined the National Museums Collections Centre in Edinburgh. Photo Duncan McGlynn (1)

Short-finned pilot whale. Copyright Georg Hantke

Short-finned pilot whale. Copyright Georg Hantke

Artist impression of what Prototaxites would have look like in life, credit Matt Humpage

Artist impression of what Prototaxites would have look like in life, credit Matt Humpage

Short-finned pilot whale. Copyright Nick O'Sullivan, Sea Trust Wales crop

Short-finned pilot whale. Copyright Nick O'Sullivan, Sea Trust Wales crop

Artist's impression of what the environment at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, where the prototaxites fossils were discovered, would have looked like 410 million years ago

The Rhynie Chert - a palaeoenvironment reconstruction, credit Matt Humpage

Curator Dr Sarah Laurenson with objects from the collection of National Museums Scotland to be studied as part of new Gaelic language project, Tha Sgeul Ri Innse [credit Duncan McGlynn]

Curator Dr Sarah Laurenson with objects from the collection of National Museums Scotland to be studied as part of new Gaelic language project, Tha Sgeul Ri Innse [credit Duncan McGlynn]

Skull of short-finned pilot whale (Hazelbeach) . Copyright National Museums Scotland

Skull of short-finned pilot whale (Hazelbeach) . Copyright National Museums Scotland