Studies surrounding the evolution of sensory system anatomy in cetaceans over the last~
100 years have shed light on aspects of the early evolution of hearing sensitivities, the small …

The evolution of the various hearing adaptations is connected to major structural changes in
nearly all groups of vertebrates. Besides hearing, the detection of acceleration and …

Background The axial skeleton consists of repeating units (vertebrae) that are integrated
through their development and evolution. Unlike most tetrapods, vertebrae in the …

Background Unlike most mammals, toothed whale (Odontoceti) skulls lack symmetry in the
nasal and facial (nasofacial) region. This asymmetry is hypothesised to relate to …

Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales) today greatly differ in their
hearing abilities: Mysticeti are presumed to be sensitive to infrasonic noises [1–3], whereas …

The inner ear of toothed whales (odontocetes) is known to have evolved particular shapes
related to their abilities to echolocate and move under water. While the origin of these …

Varanopids are a group of Palaeozoic terrestrial amniotes which represent one of the
earliest‐diverging groups of synapsids, but their palaeoneurology has gone largely …

With their past and current diversities, West Indian caviomorph rodents dominate the
terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Caribbean archipelago. Many of these species have …

Anoli s lizards are a model system for the study of adaptive radiation and convergent
evolution. Greater Antillean anoles have repeatedly evolved six similar forms or ecomorphs …

The discovery of an early Miocene chaeomysticete from the Pietra da Cantoni Group in
Piedmont (north‐western Italy) allowed for the establishment of Atlanticetus lavei gen. et sp …