Whale fossil could be from heaviest animal ever
Perucetus colossus could have been the heaviest animal to ever live, weighing more than a blue whale.
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Perucetus colossus could have been the heaviest animal to ever live, weighing more than a blue whale.
A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
Perucetus colossus could have been the heaviest animal to ever live, weighing more than a blue whale.
Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton that was uncovered 13 years ago in the Ica desert on the southern coast of Peru.
Researchers described the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or "the colossal whale from Peru" — in the journal Nature on Wednesday.