Nowadays, the requiem sharks comprise one of the most diverse and widespread families of
selachians, ie, Carcharhinidae. Among the carcharhinids, the genus Carcharhinus has the …

The moderately rich past diversity of the superfamily Inioidea (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in both
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans contrasts with the present survival of a single genus (Inia …

The Eocene sediment successions of the East Pisco Basin (southern Peru) host an
exceptionally rich and well-preserved assemblage of vertebrate fossils. However, due to the …

Carbonate biomineralization normally occurs in three distinct types: controlled, induced and
influenced, each with its peculiar characteristics. Building-reef species within the family …

Along the Peruvian coast, the sedimentary succession of the East Pisco Basin is exposed in
the Ica Desert. At Cerro Los Quesos, laterally continuous dolomite layers characterise the …

The evolution of crocodylians as sea dwellers remains obscure because living
representatives are basically freshwater inhabitants and fossil evidence lacks crucial …

In spite of the widespread occurrence of epibiotic turtle barnacles (Coronuloidea:
Chelonibiidae and Platylepadidae) on extant marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae and …

Invertebrate taphonomy can provide significant information about the post-mortem
processes that affected the fossil record. In the East Pisco Basin of southern Peru, a …

Exquisitely preserved fossils of a new reef-building vermetid species from shallow-marine
lower Miocene (Burdigalian) deposits of the Chilcatay Formation and upper Miocene …

Hyper-longirostry, the character of having extremely elongated rostra, emerged in the early
and middle Miocene among several different clades of echolocating toothed whales …