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Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient #Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
In their new analysis #paleontologist concluded that #Perucetus probably weighed 60 to 70 tons, which would have made it about the size of a #spermwhale, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s #bluewhale. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/science/giant-whale-perucetus.html
No Paywall: https://archive.ph/fccQ8

Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient #Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/science/giant-whale-perucetus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE0.YGhi.r9exWswx4Sdr&smid=url-share by @Carl_Zimmer

Downsizing a heavyweight: factors and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant #fossil whale Perucetus colossus https://peerj.com/articles/16978/

"A new study argues that #Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue #whales."

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #325: Perucetus Colossus
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Perucetus and Tutcetus, two recently-discovered ancient whales from the Eocene epoch. Been a good month for whale lovers all around.

#FossilFriday #perucetus #tutcetus #paleoart #paleontology #whales

This Ancient #Whale May Have Been the Heaviest Animal Ever
#Perucetus a 39-million-year-old 200-ton whale that scientists suspect spent its time in shallow coastal waters like a #manatee. Those early w#hales disappeared after a few million years. They were replaced by a group of entirely aquatic whales called #basilosaurids.
https://archive.ph/7VjWf

the dangers of trying to catch up on the hot new science while very tired

#Perucetus vertebrae are so thick, scrolled too fast & deadass thought they put the Venus of Willendorf in the paper as a way to illustrate how chonky this whale is

is anyone else seeing this or

thinking about #Perucetus , #whales , #sauropods , and their sizes, I am reminded of the great series on whale sizes Joe ( @CetologyH ) did on the Cetology Hub blog:

https://callmejoe3.wordpress.com/category/cetacea/size/

It doesn't include Perucetus, (yet?) but it is wonderful for putting Perucetus in context. Some great reads on the sizes of whales and other huge animals.

#fossilFriday , since Joe includes some fossil animals

What is the best #paleoart of #Perucetus released on Mastodon?

The biggest carnivore the world has ever seen...

#paleoart #Perucetus #PerucetusCollossus #Archaeoceti #basilosauridae #eocene #paleogene #cenozoic #whale

Gigantischer Urzeit-Wal enthront den Blauwal. 39 Millionen Jahre alter Meeressäuger könnte schwerstes Tier aller Zeiten gewesen sein. #Urzeitwal #Fossil #Perucetus #Blauwal #schwerstesTier #Palaeontologie #Wal
https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/gigantischer-urzeit-wal-enthront-den-blauwal/

#Perucetus "Could this ancient whale be the heaviest animal ever?" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02457-0 (via https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/science/whale-fossil-weight.html)