Cetacean Paleobiology

Series Editor’s Preface vii

Preface viii

Acknowledgments x

1 Cetaceans, Past and Present 1

1.1 Introduction and scope of the book 1

1.2 What is a whale? 2

1.3 Diversity, distribution, and ecology of modern cetaceans 3

1.4 How to study extinct cetaceans 5

1.4.1 Comparative and functional anatomy 5

1.4.2 Evolutionary relationshi...