The shape of the forehead in Northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus). Lateral views of heads. After Gray (1883), Mead (1989), and based on photographs.

Mixed media, 2007.
Taphonomic model and conceptual reconstruction of the habitat of a fossil dolphin, the holotype specimen of Heterodelphis leiodontus PAPP.

Computer-based illustration. Published in:

  • Kazár, E. & Lantos, Z. 2001. Fragmenta Pal. Hung., 19:51-60.
  • Kordos L. & Kazár E. 2004. Élet és Tudomány, 59(1):12-14.


    • Taphonomy deals with the events following the death of an animal, a plant or a biotic assemblage. Fossil marine mammal remains can also be investigated from a taphonomic point of view, as was the case with the type specimen of Heterodelphis leiodontus.
    The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and its principal cephalopod prey, drawn to scale.
    Air brush, pen & ink. 15x11.4cm. Published in:

  • Whitehead, H., Sperm Whales: Social Evolution in the Ocean. The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
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