N D Pyenson

Affiliations

Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA.
Department of Paleontology and Geology, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA, USA.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4678-5782

Publications (20)

What do we know about the fossil record of pinnipeds? A historiographical investigation.

Royal Society open science

Avec: Ana Valenzuela-Toro , Nicholas D Pyenson

Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf.

Royal Society open science

Avec: Clare M Fieseler , Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi , Brian Helmuth , Alexandra Leitão , Mehsin Al Ainsi , Mohammad Al Mukaimi , Mohammad Al-Saidi , Fahad Al Senafi , Ivonne Bejarano , Radhouan Ben-Hamadou , Josh D'Addario , Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed , Bruno W Giraldes , Lyle Glowka , Maggie D Johnson , Brett P Lyons , Daniel Mateos-Molina , Christopher D Marshall , Sayeed Mohammed , Pedro Range , Mohammad Reza Shokri , John M K Wong , Nicholas D Pyenson

Lateral palatal foramina do not indicate baleen in fossil whales.

Scientific reports

Avec: Carlos Mauricio Peredo , Nicholas D Pyenson , Mark D Uhen

Downsizing a heavyweight: factors and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant fossil whale

PeerJ

Avec: Ryosuke Motani , Nicholas D Pyenson

Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements.

Nature

Avec: Matthew S Savoca , Max F Czapanskiy , Shirel R Kahane-Rapport , William T Gough , James A Fahlbusch , K C Bierlich , Paolo S Segre , Jacopo Di Clemente , Gwenith S Penry , David N Wiley , John Calambokidis , Douglas P Nowacek , David W Johnston , Nicholas D Pyenson , Ari S Friedlaender , Elliott L Hazen , Jeremy A Goldbogen

Oh, the shark has such teeth: Did megatooth sharks play a larger role in prehistoric food webs?

Science advances

Avec: Nicholas D Pyenson , Paul L Koch

New data from the first discovered paleoparadoxiid (Desmostylia) specimen shed light into the morphological variation of the genus Neoparadoxia.

Scientific reports

Avec: Kumiko Matsui , Ana M Valenzuela-Toro , Nicholas D Pyenson

Royal Society open science

Avec: B K Shipps , Carlos Mauricio Peredo , Nicholas D Pyenson

PeerJ

Avec: Matthew S Leslie , Carlos Mauricio Peredo , Nicholas D Pyenson

Extreme dispersal or human-transport? The enigmatic case of an extralimital freshwater occurrence of a Southern elephant seal from Indiana.

PeerJ

Avec: Ana M Valenzuela-Toro , Maria H Zicos , Nicholas D Pyenson

What are the limits on whale ear bone size? Non-isometric scaling of the cetacean bulla.

PeerJ

Avec: Sabrina L Groves , Carlos Mauricio Peredo , Nicholas D Pyenson

Feeding morphology and body size shape resource partitioning in an eared seal community.

Biology letters

Avec: Ana M Valenzuela-Toro , Rita Mehta , Nicholas D Pyenson , Daniel P Costa , Paul L Koch

Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Avec: J A Goldbogen , D E Cade , D M Wisniewska , J Potvin , P S Segre , M S Savoca , E L Hazen , M F Czapanskiy , S R Kahane-Rapport , S L DeRuiter , S Gero , P Tønnesen , W T Gough , M B Hanson , M M Holt , F H Jensen , M Simon , A K Stimpert , P Arranz , D W Johnston , D P Nowacek , S E Parks , F Visser , A S Friedlaender , P L Tyack , P T Madsen , N D Pyenson

Early and fast rise of Mesozoic ocean giants.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Avec: Lene Liebe Delsett , Nicholas D Pyenson

Morphological variation of the relictual alveolar structures in the mandibles of baleen whales.

PeerJ

Avec: Carlos Mauricio Peredo , Nicholas D Pyenson

New Holocene grey whale (

Royal Society open science

Avec: Alyson Fleming , Briana Pobiner , Savannah Maynor , David Webster , Nicholas D Pyenson

Fossil Sirenia from the Pleistocene of Qatar: new questions about the antiquity of sea cows in the Gulf Region.

PeerJ

Avec: Nicholas D Pyenson , Mehsin Al-Ansi , Clare M Fieseler , Khalid Hassan Al Jaber , Katherine D Klim , Jacques LeBlanc , Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed , Ismail Al-Shaikh , Christopher D Marshall

Regaining creativity in science: insights from conversation.

Royal Society open science

Avec: Ruth M Morgan , Roger L Kneebone , Nicholas D Pyenson , Sabrina B Sholts , Will Houstoun , Benjamin Butler , Kevin Chesters

Unexpected decadal density-dependent shifts in California sea lion size, morphology, and foraging niche.

Current biology : CB

Avec: Ana M Valenzuela-Toro , Daniel P Costa , Rita Mehta , Nicholas D Pyenson , Paul L Koch

Grouping behavior in a Triassic marine apex predator.

Current biology : CB

Avec: Neil P Kelley , Randall B Irmis , Paige E dePolo , Paula J Noble , Danielle Montague-Judd , Holly Little , Jon Blundell , Cornelia Rasmussen , Lawrence M E Percival , Tamsin A Mather , Nicholas D Pyenson

Réseau de co-auteurs

Nicholas D Pyenson 19 collaborations

Carlos Mauricio Peredo 5 collaborations

Ana M Valenzuela-Toro 4 collaborations

Paul L Koch 3 collaborations

Clare M Fieseler 2 collaborations

Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed 2 collaborations

Christopher D Marshall 2 collaborations

Rita Mehta 2 collaborations

Daniel P Costa 2 collaborations

Ana Valenzuela-Toro 1 collaboration

Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi 1 collaboration

Brian Helmuth 1 collaboration

Alexandra Leitão 1 collaboration

Mehsin Al Ainsi 1 collaboration

Mohammad Al Mukaimi 1 collaboration

Mohammad Al-Saidi 1 collaboration

Fahad Al Senafi 1 collaboration

Ivonne Bejarano 1 collaboration

Radhouan Ben-Hamadou 1 collaboration

Josh D'Addario 1 collaboration

Bruno W Giraldes 1 collaboration

Lyle Glowka 1 collaboration

Maggie D Johnson 1 collaboration

Brett P Lyons 1 collaboration

Daniel Mateos-Molina 1 collaboration

Sayeed Mohammed 1 collaboration

Pedro Range 1 collaboration

Mohammad Reza Shokri 1 collaboration

John M K Wong 1 collaboration

Mark D Uhen 1 collaboration

Ryosuke Motani 1 collaboration

Matthew S Savoca 1 collaboration

Max F Czapanskiy 1 collaboration

Shirel R Kahane-Rapport 1 collaboration

William T Gough 1 collaboration

James A Fahlbusch 1 collaboration

K C Bierlich 1 collaboration

Paolo S Segre 1 collaboration

Jacopo Di Clemente 1 collaboration

Gwenith S Penry 1 collaboration

David N Wiley 1 collaboration

John Calambokidis 1 collaboration

Douglas P Nowacek 1 collaboration

David W Johnston 1 collaboration

Ari S Friedlaender 1 collaboration

Elliott L Hazen 1 collaboration

Jeremy A Goldbogen 1 collaboration

Kumiko Matsui 1 collaboration

B K Shipps 1 collaboration

Matthew S Leslie 1 collaboration

Maria H Zicos 1 collaboration

Sabrina L Groves 1 collaboration

J A Goldbogen 1 collaboration

D E Cade 1 collaboration

D M Wisniewska 1 collaboration

J Potvin 1 collaboration

P S Segre 1 collaboration

M S Savoca 1 collaboration

E L Hazen 1 collaboration

M F Czapanskiy 1 collaboration

S R Kahane-Rapport 1 collaboration

S L DeRuiter 1 collaboration

S Gero 1 collaboration

P Tønnesen 1 collaboration

W T Gough 1 collaboration

M B Hanson 1 collaboration

M M Holt 1 collaboration

F H Jensen 1 collaboration

M Simon 1 collaboration

A K Stimpert 1 collaboration

P Arranz 1 collaboration

D W Johnston 1 collaboration

D P Nowacek 1 collaboration

S E Parks 1 collaboration

F Visser 1 collaboration

A S Friedlaender 1 collaboration

P L Tyack 1 collaboration

P T Madsen 1 collaboration

Lene Liebe Delsett 1 collaboration

Alyson Fleming 1 collaboration

Briana Pobiner 1 collaboration

Savannah Maynor 1 collaboration

David Webster 1 collaboration

Mehsin Al-Ansi 1 collaboration

Khalid Hassan Al Jaber 1 collaboration

Katherine D Klim 1 collaboration

Jacques LeBlanc 1 collaboration

Ismail Al-Shaikh 1 collaboration

Ruth M Morgan 1 collaboration

Roger L Kneebone 1 collaboration

Sabrina B Sholts 1 collaboration

Will Houstoun 1 collaboration

Benjamin Butler 1 collaboration

Kevin Chesters 1 collaboration

Neil P Kelley 1 collaboration

Randall B Irmis 1 collaboration

Paige E dePolo 1 collaboration

Paula J Noble 1 collaboration

Danielle Montague-Judd 1 collaboration

Holly Little 1 collaboration

Jon Blundell 1 collaboration

Cornelia Rasmussen 1 collaboration

Lawrence M E Percival 1 collaboration

Tamsin A Mather 1 collaboration