Extant aquatic mammals are a key component of aquatic ecosystems. Their morphology,
ecological role and behaviour are, to a large extent, shaped by their feeding ecology …

Deciphering the timing of the placental mammal radiation is a longstanding problem in
evolutionary biology, but consensus on the tempo and mode of placental diversification …

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

Several dolphin lineages have independently invaded freshwater systems. Among these,
the evolution of the South Asian river dolphin Platanista and its relatives (Platanistidae) …

New age estimates obtained via Strontium Isotope (87 Sr/86 Sr) Stratigraphy and new
paleoclimatic data are here presented for the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco formations …

The killer whale (Orcinus orca) and false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) are the only
extant cetaceans that hunt other marine mammals, with pods of the former routinely preying …

The northward-flowing Humboldt Current hosts perpetually high levels of productivity along
the western coast of South America. Here, we aim to elucidate the deep-time history of this …

The sequence stratigraphic framework and a summary of the fossil fauna of the Upper
Miocene portion of the Pisco Formation exposed along the western side of the Ica River …

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 …

The taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Miocene (Burdigalian) vertebrate
assemblage of Ullujaya (East Pisco Basin, Peru) is here described. Vertebrate remains are …