[MARMAM] New publications - early mysticetes

Dear colleagues We are pleased to announce some new publications on early mysticetes. 1, Tsai, CH, Goedert, JL, and Boessenecker, RW. 2024. The oldest mysticete in the Northern Hemisphere. Current Biology 34, 1-7. Abstract Extant baleen whales (Mysticeti) uniquely use keratinous baleen

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai 2023 crown Mysticeti

Dear colleagues I am very pleased to announce a new article: Tsai C.-H. 2023. In search of the origin of crown Mysticeti. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand doi:10.1080/03036758.2023.2249410 Abstract Recent research on mysticete fossils from the Late Eocene and Oligocene has

[MARMAM] New publication - seals, whales, and the Cenozoic decline of nautiloid cephalopods

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a new publication on how marine mammals may have driven the regional extinctions of nautiloid cephalopods globally in the Cenozoic and led to the current distribution. Kiel S, Goedert JL, and Tsai CH. 2022. Seals, whales, and the Cenozoic decline

[MARMAM] New publication - Collareta et al 2021 Thatchtelithichnus and Eschrichtius

Dear colleagues We are pleased to announce a new paper reporting the occurrence of *Thatchtelithichnus* (trace fossils) on a Pliocene grey whale mandible and suggesting that barnacles are possible tracemakers. Collareat A., Tsai C.-H., Coletti G., and Bosselaers M. 2021 *Thatchtelithichnus* on a

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai Collareta and Bosselaers 2020 Pliocene Eschrichtius

Dear colleagues We are very pleased to announce a new paper - describing a Pliocene gray whale (*Eschrichtius*) from Beligum. Tsai C.-H., Collareta A., and Bosselaers M. 2020. A Pliocene gray whale ( *Eschrichtius* sp.) from the Eastern North Atlantic. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Chang 2019 Pleistocene Eubalaena

Dear colleagues We are very pleased to announce a new paper - describing a Pleistocene *Eubalaena* (right whale) from Taiwan. Tsai C.-H. and Chang C.-H. 2019. A right whale (Mysticeti, Balaenidae) from the Pleistocene of Taiwan. Zoological Letters 5:37 doi:10.1186/s40851-019-0153-z Abstract

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Mead 2018 Gambia Caperea

Dear colleagues Jim and I are very pleased to announce a new paper - reporting the first stranding of *Caperea* in the Northern Hemisphere - from the coast of The Gambia, Africa. Tsai C.-H. and Mead J.G. 2018. Crossing the equator: a northern occurrence of the pygmy right whale. *Zoological

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Fordyce 2018 Toipahautea waitaki

Dear colleagues Ewan and I are very pleased to announce a new paper - describing a new genus and species of baleen whale from the Oligocene of New Zealand - *Toipahautea waitaki*. Tsai CH and Fordyce RE 2018. A new archaic baleen whale *Toipahautea waitaki* (early Late Oligocene, New Zealand

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai et al 2017 northern Caperea

Dear colleagues We are very pleased to announce a new paper - reporting the first discovery of *Caperea *in the northern hemisphere (from the Pleistocene of Okinawa, Japan and Sicily, Italy). Tsai C-H, Collareta A, Fitzgerald EMG, Marx FG, Kohno N, Bosselaers M, Insacco G, Reitano A, Catanzariti

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai 2017 Miocene breeding site

Dear colleagues I am very pleased to announce a new paper - reporting a Miocene breeding site of an extinct baleen whale *Parietobalaena yamaokai*. Tsai, C.-H. 2017. A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti). *PeerJ *5:e3711 doi:10.7717/peerj.3711 Abstract

[MARMAM] New publication - Tsai and Boessenecker 2017 Balaenoptera physalus Pleistocene California

Dear Colleagues We are pleased to announce a new paper, reporting the earliest-known fin whale, *Balaenoptera physalus*, from the Early Pleistocene of California. Tsai, C.-H., and R. W. Boessenecker. 2017. The earliest-known fin whale, *Balaenoptera physalus*, from the Early Pleistocene of