Whales are first found in the fossil record approximately 52.5 million years ago (Mya) during
the early Eocene in Indo-Pakistan. Our knowledge of early and middle Eocene whales has …

The increasing interest in the effects of climate changes on species distributions has been
followed by the development of Species Distribution Models (SDMs). Although these …

The accurate reconstruction of palaeobiodiversity patterns is central to a detailed
understanding of the macroevolutionary history of a group of organisms. However, there is …

Stranded cetaceans have long intrigued naturalists because their causation has escaped
singular explanations. Regardless of cause, strandings also represent a sample of the living …

During the end-Permian mass extinction, marine ecosystems suffered a major drop in
diversity, which was maintained throughout the Early Triassic until delayed recovery during …

Natural history collections are critical for modern scientific investigations, which are greatly
expanding on the potential data applications of historic specimens. However, using these …

Urban environments are among the fastest changing habitats on the planet, and this change
has evolutionary implications for the organisms inhabiting them. Herein, we demonstrate …

To understand how well fossil assemblages represent original communities, paleoecologists
seek comparisons between death assemblages and their source communities. These …

Background Body mass estimation is of paramount importance for paleobiological studies,
as body size influences numerous other biological parameters. In mammals, body mass has …

Both the body fossils and trackways of sauropod dinosaurs indicate that they inhabited a
range of inland and coastal environments during their 160-Myr evolutionary history …