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2. Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth

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   There is a new contender for the most massive animal in Earth's history. Scientists on Wednesday described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru called Perucetus colossus that lived about 38 ...

3. Perucetus - Wikipedia

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   Perucetus is the largest Eocene whale, with length estimates varying from 15–16 meters (49–52 ft) to 17–20 meters (56–66 ft). It was initially claimed to have rivaled or exceeded the modern blue whale in weight, partly due to the incredibly thick and dense bones this animal possessed, coupled with its already great size, but subsequent ...

4. The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in ...

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   They calculated that the ancient giant weighed somewhere between 94 and 375 tons (85 and 340 metric tons). The biggest blue whales found have been within that range — at around 200 tons (180 ...

5. A newly discovered colossal whale might be the heaviest ...

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   A newly discovered ancient species of whale may be one of the largest and heaviest animals on record, a new study has found. A newly discovered colossal whale might be the heaviest animal ever ...

6. Basilosaurus - Wikipedia

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   Basilosaurus is thought to have been one of the largest animals of the Paleogene, with the type species B. cetoides measuring around 17–20 metres (56–66 ft) long and weighing up to 15 metric tons (17 short tons). It was the top predator of its environment in the shallows of the inland sea, preying on sharks, large fish and other marine mammals.

7. Largest prehistoric animals - Wikipedia

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   If true, it would make Bruhathkayosaurus the single largest terrestrial animal to have walked the earth and would have rivalled the largest blue whale recorded. [ 414 ] BYU 9024, a massive cervical vertebra found in Utah , [ 415 ] may belong to a Barosaurus lentus [ 416 ] [ 417 ] or Supersaurus vivianae [ 418 ] of a huge size, possibly 45–48 ...

8. Baleen whale - Wikipedia

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   Baleen whales range in size from the 6 m (20 ft) and 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) pygmy right whale to the 31 m (102 ft) and 190 t (210 short tons) blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed. [1] [2] They are sexually dimorphic.

9. The Largest Whale to Ever Swim the World’s Oceans - AOL

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   The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were dinosaurs that topped its size, there is no scientific data to support that ...