Perucetus

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Translingual

Skeletal diagram
Restoration
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Etymology

From English Peru (“the country this animal was discovered in”) + Latin cetus (“whale”)

Proper noun

†Perucetus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Basiliosauridae – with a single accepted species †Perucetus colossus, a giant extinct whale that lived during the Bartonian age of the middle Eocene, having incredibly thick and dense bones.

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