Abstract The transition in Mysticeti (Cetacea) from capture of individual prey using teeth to
bulk filtering batches of small prey using baleen ranks among the most dramatic …

Recent research on mysticete fossils from the Late Eocene and Oligocene has
revolutionised our understanding of the diversity and evolutionary scenarios for early baleen …

Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have fascinated and bewildered humans
throughout history. Their mammalian affinities have been long recognized, but exactly which …

Teeth are the primary tool used by most mammals to capture and process food. Over the
lifetime of an individual, they progressively wear through contact with each other (attrition) …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

As the largest known vertebrates of all time, mysticetes depend on keratinous sieves called
baleen to capture enough small prey to sustain their enormous size [1]. The origins of …

Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are gigantic filter-feeding cetaceans possessing the unique soft
tissue structure baleen and lacking adult teeth; Oligocene fossils have revealed a wealth of …

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 …

Archaic toothed mysticetes represent the evolutionary transition from raptorial to bulk filter
feeding in baleen whales. Aetiocetids, in particular, preserve an intermediate morphological …

Cynthiacetus peruvianus is a Dorudon-like basilosaurid (Cetacea, Basilosauridae), being
one of the largest members of the family. The holotype of this species is a sub-complete …