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    Perucetus is an extinct genus of an early whale from Peru that lived during the Bartonian age of the middle Eocene. Perucetus is the largest Eocene whale...
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    and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant fossil whale Perucetus colossus". PeerJ. 12: e16978. doi:10.7717/peerj.16978. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10909350...
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    heaviest weighted specimen being 190 tonnes. The extinct whale species Perucetus colossus was shorter than the blue whale, at 17.0–20.1 meters (55.8–65.9 ft)...
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    shastasaurid ichthyosaurs and the ancient whale Perucetus could have rivalled the blue whale in size, with Perucetus also being heavier than the blue whale with...
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    reaching approximately 18 meters. The largest known basilosaurid, Perucetus colossus, is believed to be even bigger, with a length of about 17–20 metres...
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  • & Pyenson (2024) reevaluate the published body mass estimates of Perucetus colossus, and consider the likeliest body mass of the studied cetacean to fall...
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    up true, Bruhathkayosaurus would have rivaled the blue whale and Perucetus colossus as one of the largest animals to have ever existed. The largest carnivorous...
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  • and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant fossil whale Perucetus colossus". PeerJ. 12: e16978. doi:10.7717/peerj.16978. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10909350...
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    Stadium of the National University of San Marcos, officially known as the "Colossus of America", is located practically in the center of the University City...
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  • human hominin that may have lived 300,000 years ago in China. Whale Perucetus colossus of the Eocene is shown to potentially be Earth's heaviest-ever animal...
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  • Basilosauridae indet., Mystacodon selenensis, Peregocetus pacificus, Perucetus colossus Birds Perudyptes devriesi Fish Pristis sp., Myliobatis sp., Clupeiformes...
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  • 55 new prehistoric marine species have been discovered including Perucetus colossus, a manatee-like whale now considered the heaviest animal known to...
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    The heaviest archeocete, and possibly the heaviest known mammal was Perucetus, with weight estimated at around 85–340 t (84–335 long tons; 94–375 short...
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  • Simocetidae. Perucetus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Bianucci et al. Eocene (Bartonian) Paracas Formation  Peru A basilosaurid. The type species is P. colossus. Pictodelphis...
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