Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Cetaceans, Past and Present -- 1.1 Introduction and scope of the book -- 1.2 What is a whale? -- 1.3 Diversity, distribution, and ecology of modern cetaceans -- 1.4 How to study extinct cetaceans -- 1.5 Suggested readings -- References -- 2 Cetacean Fossil Record -- 2.1 A history of exploration -- 2.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the cetacean fossil record -- 2.3 Major fossil localities -- 2.4 Suggested Readings -- References -- 3 Morphology -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 The skull -- 3.3 The postcranial skeleton -- 3.4 Osteological correlates of soft tissue anatomy -- 3.5 Suggested readings -- References -- 4 Phylogeny and Taxonomy -- 4.1 Cetacean origins -- 4.2 The earliest whales: archaeocetes -- 4.3 Filter-feeding whales: Mysticeti -- 4.4 Echolocating whales: Odontoceti -- 4.5 Consensus, conflicts, and diversification dates -- 4.6 Suggested readings -- References -- 5 Major Steps in the Evolution of Cetaceans -- 5.1 From land to sea: the last steps -- 5.2 Key innovations: baleen and echolocation -- 5.3 Invasion of freshwater habitats -- 5.4 Key fossils -- 5.5 Suggested readings -- References -- 6 Fossil Evidence of Cetacean Biology -- 6.1 Feeding strategies -- 6.2 Cetaceans as a source of food -- 6.3 Reproduction -- 6.4 Migration -- 6.5 Sexual dimorphism -- 6.6 Diving -- 6.7 Ontogenetic age -- 6.8 Suggested readings -- References -- 7 Macroevolutionary Patterns -- 7.1 Patterns in cetacean diversity: radiations and extinctions -- 7.2 Major turnover events -- 7.3 Disparity and evolutionary rates -- 7.4 Body size -- 7.5 Brain size -- 7.6 Paleobiogeography -- 7.7 Convergent evolution -- 7.8 Suggested readings -- References -- 8 Paleontological Insights into Evolution and Development -- 8.1 Limb morphology and development.

8.2 Regionalization of the vertebral column -- 8.3 The origins of homodonty, polydonty, and monophyodonty -- 8.4 Heterochrony: aged youngsters, juvenile adults -- 8.5 Suggested readings -- References -- 9 Living Cetaceans in an Evolutionary Context -- 9.1 A modern view of cetacean evolution -- 9.2 Cetacea-quo vadis? -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.