Top left: fur seal flipper model by Shibo Wang (Monash University, Australia); top right: whale tooth models by David Hocking (Monash University, Australia). Seal photographs by Ben Burville (Newcastle University, UK; left) and Renae Sattler (Alaska Seali
Main collaborators: David Hocking, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia; James Rule, Monash University, Melbourne; Alistair Evans, Monash University; Travis Park, Monash University; Tahlia Pollock, University of Bristol, UK.
Funding: Australian Research Council, European Commission.
Representative publications:
Marx, F.G., Hocking, D.P., Park, T. et al. Suction causes novel tooth wear in marine mammals, with implications for feeding evolution in baleen whales. J Mammal Evol 30, 493–505 (2023).
Dewaele, L., Gol'din, P., Marx, F.G., Lambert, O., Laurin, M., Obadă, T., & de Buffrénil, V. (2022). Hypersalinity drives convergent bone mass increases in Miocene marine mammals from the Paratethys. Current Biology, 32(1), 248-255
Hocking, D.P., Marx, F.G., Wang, S., Burton, D., Thompson, M., Park, T., Burville, B., Richards, H.L., Sattler, R., Robbins, J., Portela Miguez, R., Fitzgerald, E.M.G., Slip, D.J., & Evans, A.R. (2021). Convergent evolution of forelimb-propelled swimming in seals. Current Biology, 31(11), 2404-2409.e2