Both the preservation of the poorly mineralized skeleton of sharks and the preservation of
stomach contents are rarely observed in the fossil record. Here we report on a partial …

In recent years, new findings and new methods (stable isotopes of oxygen, zinc, and
nitrogen; 2D and 3D modeling; and geometric morphometric analyses of the teeth) have …

Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) in cetaceans is challenging. These mammals often
sink after death, later floating and traveling considerable distances before stranding …

Among living cetaceans, dwarf and pygmy sperm whales (Kogia) are the only members of
the family Kogiidae, regarded as diminutive and elusive relatives of the great sperm whale …

An isolated Miocene baleen whale left radius was marked repeatedly by shark bite-shake
traces. The radius probably derives from the Plum Point Member of the Calvert Formation …

Despite their long history of discoveries and research, of all the vertebrate coprolites
currently 20 known worldwide, only a very few have been explicitly recognised as exhibiting …

We provide a description of the remains of a fossil whale from western Panama. The record
consists of appendicular remains of a mysticete, which has been assigned to …

Citation for this article: Govender, R. 2018. Extension of the geographic range of Homiphoca
into Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with comments on the possible feeding strategies …

Direct evidence of chondrichthyan trophic interactions in the fossil record is largely limited to
bite traces on prey items but may also be found within the gut contents of exceptionally well …

Koeberg is a Zanclean, subsurface locality on the west coast of South Africa, which was
unearthed during the excavations of the Koeberg Power Station foundations. Mysticetes and …