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39 Million Year Old Extinct Whale May Be Heaviest Animal That Ever The world has a new contender for the heaviest animal that ever lived: a whale that swam the oceans some 38 million years ago and likely weighed almost 400,000 pounds. scientists described the. The heaviest animal that ever lived may be an ancient whale species which swam in the oceans around 39 million years ago, scientists believe. researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton.

39 Million Year Old Extinct Whale Believed To Be The Heaviest Animal Graphic issued by nature of the preserved bones of perucetus colossus, a 39 million year old extinct whale which 'may be the heaviest animal that ever lived'. the ancient species belongs to a. The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the peruvian desert, sangeeta kandola reports. the heaviest animal that ever lived may be an ancient whale species which swam in the. The 39 million year old leviathan, called perucetus, may have weighed about 200 tons, as much as a blue whale — by far the heaviest animal known, until now. while blue whales are sleek, fast. If so, the extinct whale would be the heaviest animal ever known to exist. the roughly 39 million year old behemoth, perucetus colossus , is a type of cetacean, a group that includes modern whales.

39 Million Year Old Extinct Whale May Be Heaviest Animal That Ever Lived The 39 million year old leviathan, called perucetus, may have weighed about 200 tons, as much as a blue whale — by far the heaviest animal known, until now. while blue whales are sleek, fast. If so, the extinct whale would be the heaviest animal ever known to exist. the roughly 39 million year old behemoth, perucetus colossus , is a type of cetacean, a group that includes modern whales. Cnn —. a colossal ancient whale discovered in peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. at an estimated body mass of 85 to 340 metric tons (187,393 to 749,572 pounds. Blue whales have always been considered record breakers when it comes to the size department. scientists have named the species perucetus colossus, a nod to its huge body mass and the place where it was discovered. "it might be the heaviest animal known to date," said dr eli amson, a researcher at the state museum of natural history stuttgart in germany.