A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology

Nature, Published online: 02 August 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06381-1Perucetus colossus, a basilosaurid whale from the middle Eocene epoch of Peru with an extremely pachyosteosclerotic postcranium, is estimated to have a greater skeletal mass than any known mammal or aquatic vertebrate. #press

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