Nicholas D. Pyenson, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
Paleobiology Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States 
Area:
Vertebrate Paleontology, Functional Morphology, Paleobiology
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Parents

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David  R. Lindberg grad student 2008 UC Berkeley
 (Understanding the paleoecology and evolution of cetaceans in the eastern North Pacific Ocean during the Neogene.)
Anthony D. Barnosky grad student 2002-2008 UC Berkeley (Evolution Tree)
 (Understanding the paleoecology and evolution of cetaceans in the eastern North Pacific Ocean during the Neogene.)
Robert E. Shadwick post-doc 2008-2010 University British Columbia (Biomechanics Tree)

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James F. Parham collaborator 2000- UC Berkeley (Evolution Tree)
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Matsui K, Pyenson ND. (2023) New evidence for the antiquity of (Desmostylia) from the Skooner Gulch Formation of California. Royal Society Open Science. 10: 221648
Savoca MS, Czapanskiy MF, Kahane-Rapport SR, et al. (2021) Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements. Nature. 599: 85-90
Peredo CM, Pyenson ND. (2021) Morphological variation of the relictual alveolar structures in the mandibles of baleen whales. Peerj. 9: e11890
Valenzuela-Toro AM, Zicos MH, Pyenson ND. (2020) Extreme dispersal or human-transport? The enigmatic case of an extralimital freshwater occurrence of a Southern elephant seal from Indiana. Peerj. 8: e9665
Goldbogen JA, Cade DE, Wisniewska DM, et al. (2019) Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants. Science (New York, N.Y.). 366: 1367-1372
Valenzuela-Toro A, Pyenson ND. (2019) What do we know about the fossil record of pinnipeds? A historiographical investigation. Royal Society Open Science. 6: 191394
Leslie MS, Peredo CM, Pyenson ND. (2019) , a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California. Peerj. 7: e7629
Shipps BK, Peredo CM, Pyenson ND. (2019) , a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities. Royal Society Open Science. 6: 182168
McCurry MR, Evans AR, Fitzgerald EMG, et al. (2019) The repeated evolution of dental apicobasal ridges in aquatic-feeding mammals and reptiles Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 127: 245-259
Peredo CM, Pyenson ND, Marshall CD, et al. (2018) Tooth Loss Precedes the Origin of Baleen in Whales. Current Biology : Cb. 28: 3992-4000.e2
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