The evolution of foraging capacity and gigantism in cetaceans

JA Goldbogen, PT Madsen - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The extant diversity and rich fossil record of cetaceans provides an extraordinary
evolutionary context for investigating the relationship between form, function and ecology …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of the fossil record of cetaceans from the East Pisco Basin (Peru)

G Bianucci, A Collareta - Bollettino della Società Paleontologica …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The East Pisco Basin is one of the forearc basins that formed during the Cenozoic along the
coast of Peru due to the subduction of the Farrallon-Nazca plate beneath the South …

Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Insights into the origin of an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätte

G Bosio, A Collareta, C Di Celma, O Lambert… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among
the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide. It is renowned for its …

Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru

A Collareta, O Lambert, W Landini, C Di Celma… - Palaeogeography …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report on bite marks incising fossil mammal bones collected from upper Miocene
deposits of the Pisco Formation exposed at Aguada de Lomas (southern Peru) and …

Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy and the thermophilic fossil fauna from the middle Miocene of the East Pisco Basin (Peru)

G Bosio, E Malinverno, A Collareta, C Di Celma… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Vertebrate palaeoecology of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): glimpses into the ancient Humboldt Current ecosystem

A Collareta, O Lambert, FG Marx, C de Muizon… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Sequence stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Miocene Pisco Formation along the western side of the lower Ica Valley (Ica Desert, Peru)

C Di Celma, E Malinverno, G Bosio… - Rivista Italiana di …, 2017 - arpi.unipi.it
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 …

[HTML][HTML] New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti

RW Boessenecker, BL Beatty, JH Geisler - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
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 …

Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the lower Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, southern Peru)

G Bianucci, A Collareta, G Bosio, W Landini… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
The taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Miocene (Burdigalian) vertebrate
assemblage of Ullujaya (East Pisco Basin, Peru) is here described. Vertebrate remains are …

New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)

G Bianucci, C Di Celma, M Urbina, O Lambert - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The Ziphiidae (beaked whales) represent a large group of open-ocean odontocetes (toothed
cetaceans), whose elusive and deep diving behavior prevents direct observation in their …