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NEW YORK — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales. Researchers described the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or “the colossal
Researchers described the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or 'the colossal whale from Peru' — in the journal Nature.
Perucetus colossus could have been the heaviest animal to ever live, weighing more than a blue whale.
Massive vertebrae and other fossilized remains found in Peru point to an Eocene-epoch beast of colossal proportions. Massive vertebrae and other fossilized remains found in Peru point to an Eocene-epoch beast of colossal proportions.
Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton that was uncovered 13 years ago in the Ica desert on the southern coast of Peru.