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The 25 pages that link to Evolution of cetaceans, each with the reason it gives.

• Comparative anatomyBroader topic: Hind-limb remnants and other features trace major anatomical transitions.

• Filter feedingRelated: Baleen-based filter feeding enabled some whales to exploit abundant small prey in the ocean.

• CetaceaRelated: Evolutionary history accounts for cetaceans’ shared aquatic adaptations and terrestrial ancestry.

• ArtiodactylaRelated: Cetacean evolution is the most striking transformation within the artiodactyl lineage.

• CenozoicRelated: It is a striking Cenozoic example of mammals adapting to a new environment.

• Common descentBroader topic: Fossils and anatomy trace whales to ancestors shared with land mammals.

• Toothed whaleRelated: Toothed whales inherited their aquatic body plan through this transition.

• Evolution of mammalsBroader topic: Whales provide a well-documented example of major ecological transformation within mammals.

• PakicetusNarrower topic: Pakicetus documents an early stage in the transition from land mammals to aquatic whales.

• Blue whaleNarrower topic: Blue whale ancestry traces through the land-to-sea transformation of cetaceans.

• WhaleRelated: Whale anatomy makes sense in light of the group's transition from land to sea.

• CetartiodactylaBroader topic: Whale evolution supplies the striking transition that joins cetaceans to their terrestrial relatives.

• AmbulocetusNarrower topic: Ambulocetus documents an intermediate stage in this transformation.

• PorpoiseRelated: Porpoise bodies retain the result of cetaceans’ transition to aquatic life.

• ArchaeocetiNarrower topic: Archaeoceti supplies the fossil record for whale evolution's earliest major transitions.

• BasilosaurusNarrower topic: Basilosaurus preserves a late stage in the shift to fully aquatic life.

• OdontocetiNarrower topic: Odontoceti arose during the cetacean transition to aquatic life.

• Animal evolutionBroader topic: Whale fossils document a striking return from land to water.

• ArtiodactylBroader topic: Whales retain artiodactyl ancestry despite losing the external hoofed form.

• VaquitaRelated: The vaquita shares the cetacean lineage’s transition from land-dwelling ancestors to aquatic life.

• CetaceanRelated: It explains how terrestrial anatomy was transformed for life in water.

• DelphinidaeRelated: It explains the aquatic ancestry shared by every delphinid.

• DorudonRelated: Dorudon illustrates a stage when whales were fully aquatic but retained vestigial hind limbs.

• MacroevolutionBroader topic: Fossils document major anatomical change across a well-sampled lineage.

• RemingtonocetidaeNarrower topic: Remingtonocetids document an intermediate phase in the shift from land to water.