Vertebrates have evolved to gigantic sizes repeatedly over the past 250 Myr, reaching their
extreme in today's baleen whales (Mysticeti). Hypotheses for the evolution of exceptionally …

A new, fully dated total-evidence phylogeny of baleen whales (Mysticeti) shows that
evolutionary phases correlate strongly with Caenozoic modernization of the oceans and …

Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are the largest animals on Earth, thanks to their ability to filter
huge volumes of small prey from seawater. Mysticetes appeared during the Late Eocene …

The origin of baleen, the key adaptation of modern whales (Mysticeti), marks a profound yet
poorly understood transition in vertebrate evolution, triggering the rise of the largest animals …

Modern whales are frequently described as an adaptive radiation spurred by either the
evolution of various key innovations (such as baleen or echolocation) or ecological …

Whales use baleen, a novel integumentary structure, to filter feed; filter feeding itself evolved
at least five times in tetrapod history but demonstrably only once in mammals [1]. Living …

We analysed the functional morphology and hydrodynamics of the filtering apparatus in ten
species of baleen whales (Mysticeti). Our results demonstrate a clear demarcation in baleen …

Large consumers have ecological influence disproportionate to their abundance, although
this influence in food webs depends directly on productivity. Evolutionary patterns at …

The evolution of cetaceans is one of the best examples of macroevolution documented from
the fossil record. While ecological transitions dominate each phase of cetacean history, this …

Horopeta umarere is a new genus and species of extinct baleen whales from the Kokoamu
Greensand (early Chattian, Oligocene, in the range 25–27 Ma), Hakataramea Valley, New …