Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks

A Pennsylvanian ‘supershark’ from Texas

(2017) John G. Maisey et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Assessing the fidelity of marine vertebrate microfossil δ 18 O signatures and their potential for palaeo-ecological and -climatic reconstructions

(2017) Brett Roelofs et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru

(2017) Alberto Collareta et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Squamation and ecology of thelodonts

(2017) Humberto G. Ferrón et al.   PLoS One

Correction to ‘Is the scaling of swim speed in sharks driven by metabolism?’

(2016) David M. P. Jacoby et al.   Biology Letters

The cause of Late Cretaceous cooling: A multimodel-proxy comparison

(2016) Clay R. Tabor et al.   GEOLOGY

Geographical distribution patterns of Carcharocles megalodon over time reveal clues about extinction mechanisms

(2016) Catalina Pimiento et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Endothermic mosasaurs? Possible thermoregulation of Late Cretaceous mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) indicated by stable oxygen isotopes in fossil bioapatite in comparison with coeval marine fish and pelagic seabirds

(2016) T. Lynn Harrell et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade

(2016) Kenshu Shimada et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Calcium isotopes reveal the trophic position of extant and fossil elasmobranchs

(2015) Jeremy E. Martin et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Paleoceanographic changes during the Albian–Cenomanian in the Tethys and North Atlantic and the onset of the Cretaceous chalk

(2015) Martino Giorgioni et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Comparative Diagenesis and Rare Earth Element Variation in Miocene Invertebrate and Vertebrate Fossils from Panama

(2015) Bruce J. MacFadden et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY

Body-size trends of the extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: a deep-time perspective on marine apex predators

(2015) Catalina Pimiento et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Comparative analyses of animal-tracking data reveal ecological significance of endothermy in fishes

(2015) Yuuki Y. Watanabe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Whole-body endothermy in a mesopelagic fish, the opah, Lampris guttatus

(2015) N. C. Wegner et al.   SCIENCE

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

(2015) Craig R. McClain et al.   PeerJ

Origin of the white sharkCarcharodon(Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru

(2015) DANA J. EHRET et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Anatomy and Evolution of Heterocercal Tail in Lamniform Sharks

(2014) Sun H. Kim et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Stable oxygen isotopes of dental biomineral: differentiation at the intra- and inter-tissue level of modern shark teeth

(2014) Živilė Žigaitė et al.   GFF

Morphometric Discriminant Analysis of isolated chondrichthyan scales for palaeoecological inferences: the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Chain (Spain) as a case of study

(2014) H. Ferrón et al.   JOURNAL OF IBERIAN GEOLOGY

When Did Carcharocles megalodon Become Extinct? A New Analysis of the Fossil Record

(2014) Catalina Pimiento et al.   PLoS One

Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs

(2014) J. M. Grady et al.   SCIENCE

Dinosaur Energetics: Setting the Bounds on Feasible Physiologies and Ecologies

(2013) Andrew Clarke   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Oxygen and strontium isotopes from fossil shark teeth: Environmental and ecological implications for Late Palaeozoic European basins

(2013) Jan Fischer et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Comprehensive stable isotope investigation of marine biogenic apatite from the late Cretaceous–early Eocene phosphate series of Morocco

(2013) Lászlό Kocsis et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Giant-toothed white sharks and cetacean trophic interaction from the Pliocene Caribbean Paraguaná Formation

(2013) Orangel A. Aguilera et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought

(2013) J. M. Semmens et al.   Scientific Reports

Broad-scale ecological implications of ectothermy and endothermy in changing environments

(2012) Lauren B. Buckley et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks

(2012) Yuuki Y. Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

What is an ‘elasmobranch’? The impact of palaeontology in understanding elasmobranch phylogeny and evolution

(2012) J. G. Maisey   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Active hunting by deep-diving sperm whales: 3D dive profiles and maneuvers during bursts of speed

(2012) K Aoki et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Palaeoenvironments of the late Triassic Rhaetian Sea: Implications from oxygen and strontium isotopes of hybodont shark teeth

(2012) Jan Fischer et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Regional Endothermy in a Coral Reef Fish?

(2012) Justin Q. Welsh et al.   PLoS One

Marine predator–prey contests: Ambush and speed versus vigilance and agility

(2011) R. Aidan Martin et al.   Marine Biology Research

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Dinosaur Body Temperatures Determined from Isotopic (13C-18O) Ordering in Fossil Biominerals

(2011) R. A. Eagle et al.   SCIENCE

Mid-Cenomanian vertebrate faunas of the Western Interior Seaway of North America and their evolutionary, paleobiogeographical, and paleoecological implications

(2010) Stephen L. Cumbaa et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Ancient Nursery Area for the Extinct Giant Shark Megalodon from the Miocene of Panama

(2010) Catalina Pimiento et al.   PLoS One

Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

(2010) A. Bernard et al.   SCIENCE

Water mass exchange and variations in seawater temperature in the NW Tethys during the Early Jurassic: Evidence from neodymium and oxygen isotopes of fish teeth and belemnites

(2009) Guillaume Dera et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Surface-water freshening and high-latitude river discharge in the Eocene North Sea

(2009) Anne Zacke et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Exceptional preservation of the white sharkCarcharodon(Lamniformes, Lamnidae) from the early Pliocene of Peru

(2009) Dana J. Ehret et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs

(2009) Herman Pontzer et al.   PLoS One

A middle Cenomanian euselachian assemblage from the Dunvegan Formation of northwestern Alberta

(2008) Todd D. Cook et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES

Oxygen isotope compositions of phosphate from Middle Miocene–Early Pliocene marine vertebrates of Peru

(2008) Romain Amiot et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Speed limits on swimming of fishes and cetaceans

(2007) G Iosilevskii et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Endothermy, ectothermy and the global structure of marine vertebrate communities

(2007) DK Cairns et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES