+Whakakai waipata is a new genus and species of Mysticeti from the Kokoamu Greensand (Chattian, Late Oligocene, 25-27 Ma) of 'The Earthquakes', North Otago. The holotype of +Whakakai waipata is a partial skull, periotics, ...

Diet strongly influences the chemistry of vertebrate soft and hard tissues. Bird bone and eggshell mineral preserve reliable records of prey consumption, even beyond the life of the predator, and analyses of hard tissues ...

A single lumbar vertebra from a small dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the island of Nosy Makamby, is the first cetacean fossil reported from Madagascar. Benthic foraminifera in the associated bioclastic limestone indicate ...

The origins of the enigmatic pygmy right whale Caperea marginata, the only living member of its subfamily (Neobalaeninae), are an outstanding mystery of cetacean evolution. Its strikingly disparate morphology sets Caperea ...

The major increase in cetacean brain size happened in the middle Miocene, about 15 million years ago, and involved the modern oceanic dolphin lineage Delphinoidea. In this paper, we describe a new specimen of an archaic ...

An early Miocene dolphin (ZMT 73: partial skull and ear bones) from Kaikoura, New Zealand, is the sister taxon to the previously named Early Miocene Papahu taitapu. The new specimen, although insufficient to justify a new ...

The deep sea has been described as the last major ecological frontier, as much of its biodiversity is yet to be discovered and described. Beaked whales (ziphiids) are among the most visible inhabitants of the deep sea, due ...