The evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins) represents one of the most extreme
adaptive transitions known, from terrestrial mammals to a highly specialized aquatic …

Cetaceans are atypical mammals whose tongues often depart from the typical (basal)
mammalian condition in structure, mobility, and function. Their tongues are dynamic …

Abstract The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) transition saw mass extinctions in terrestrial
and marine ecosystems. Terrestrial vertebrate diversity patterns across the K–Pg boundary …

Differing from the extant physeteroids, macroraptorial sperm whales are currently regarded
as apex predators of the Miocene seas based on several morphofunctional observations …

Abstract Since the Permian, Earth's aquatic ecosystems have been ecologically dominated
by numerous lineages of predatory amniotes. Many of these groups evolved elevated ridges …

Marine mammals are key components of aquatic ecosystems. Feeding strategies identified
in extant cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, marine otters, and polar bears are associated with …

The diversity of the dolphin family was established during a short window of time. We
investigated delphinid skull shape evolution, mapping shapes on an up-to-date nuclear …

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 …

Body size and feeding morphology influence how animals partition themselves within
communities. We tested the relationships among sex, body size, skull morphology and …

The repeated return of tetrapods to aquatic life provides some of the best-known examples
of convergent evolution. One comparison that has received relatively little focus is that of …