But Perucetus colossus – the colossal whale from Peru – may have ... meaning it could have been significantly larger. The first fossil of the ancient whale was discovered back in 2010 by Mario Urbina, ...

Left image: By Mohammed S. Antar, Abdullah S. Gohar, Heba El-Desouky, Erik R. Seiffert, Sanaa El-Sayed, Alexander G. Claxton & Hesham M. Sallam - Antar, M.S., Gohar ...

But Perucetus colossus – the colossal whale from Peru ... Mammal bites dinosaur in ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ fossil find Extrapolating from some massive bones found in the Peruvian desert ...

rivaling other world-renowned fossil sites. These regions have yielded the remains of giant whales, dolphins, and even the colossal Perucetus colossus—a prehistoric sea creature that may have been the ...

similar to the fossil-rich Pisco Basin. In the Ocucaje Desert, remains of whales, dolphins, and other species from the Miocene epoch have been found, including the discovery of Perucetus colossus ...

The fossil, unearthed in 2023 ... In 2023, for example, paleontologists also unearthed traces of a giant cetacean, Perucetus colossus, a whale whose size rivaled that of the largest known animals (see ...

The fossil is an articulated and almost complete ... an enormous manatee-like whale - Perucetus colossus – that is considered to be the heaviest animal to have ever existed.

The vast Ica desert in Peru, a remote and difficult-to-access region, captured the scientific world’s attention in 2023 thanks to a colossal discovery: the first remains of Perucetus colossus, an ...

This would have made Perucetus colossus the heaviest animal known to ... The discovery of the new fossil hence shows us that the coastal environment can sustain such a gigantic animal, something ...

Last year, paleontologists discovered the fossil of ... It seems Perucetus may have shared this tactic, with more bone mass offsetting their fat's floating ability to keep them neutrally buoyant. An ...

Researchers have re-estimated the weight of Perucetus colossus ... million-year-old 'Chinese dragon' fossil unveiled by scientists They found that P. colossus was more like 130,000 to 250,000 ...

The Perucetus colossus was thought to have lived between 28 and 40 million years ago, and was an early type of whale known as a Basilosaurid. The bones of the fossil were found to be very dense ...