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Heyning, J. E., J. G. Mead, and M. M. Bryden. 1993. A palatal rete in the right whale? Nature. 361:24-25.

Heyning, J.E. and W.F. Perrin. 1994. Evidence for two species common dolphins (genus Delphinus) from the eastern North Pacific. Contributions in Science. No. 442, 35 pp. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Rosel, P. E., A. E. Dizon, and J. E. Heyning. 1994. Genetic analysis of sympatric morphotypes of common dolphins (genus Delphinus). Marine Biology 119:159-167.

Heyning, J. E., T. D. Lewis, and C. D. Woodhouse. 1994. A note on odontocete mortality from fishing gear entanglements off southern California. Report of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 15:439-442.

Heyning, J. E. 1995. Masters of the ocean realm: whales, dolphins and porpoises. University of Washington Press. 112 pps.

Heyning, J. E. and J. G. Mead. 1996. Suction feeding in beaked whales: Morphological and experimental evidence. Contributions in Science. No. 464, 12 pp. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Heyning, J. E. 1997. Sperm whale phylogeny revisited: analysis of the morphological evidence. Marine Mammal Science 13:596-613.

Heyning, J. E. and J. G. Mead. 1997. Thermoregulation in the mouths of gray whales. Science. 278:1138-1139.

Reidarson, Thomas H., Jim McBain, Carol House, Donald P. King, Jeffrey L. Stott, Amy Krafft, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, John E. Heyning and Thomas P. Lipscomb. 1998. Morbillivirus infection in stranded common dolphins from the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 34:771-776.

Heyning, J. E. 1999. Whale origins - conquering the seas. Science. 283:943a.

Heyning, John E. and Christine Thacker. 1999. Phylogenies, temporal data, and negative evidence. Science. 285:1179a. (full text at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/285/...)

Martin, Joel W. and J. E. Heyning. 1999. First record of Isocyamus kogiae Sedlak-Weinstein, 1992 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Cyamidae) from the eastern Pacific, with comments on morphological characters, a key to the genera of the Cyamidae, and a checklist of cyamids and their hosts. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 98:26-38.