Paleontologists Unveil Ancient Whale Found In Peruvian Desert

Paleontologists Has Unveiled The Fossilized Remains Of An Ancient Whale That Inhabited The Seas Many Years Ago, Found Last Year In A Peruvian Desert.

Scientists Called The Creature A “Sea Monster” That “Surely Did A Lot Of Damage.”

Urbina Said The Basilosaurus Was Found At The End Of 2021 In The Ocucaje Desert In The Ica Department, About 215 Miles South Of Lima.

The Desolate Landscape Was A Shallow Sea Millions Of Years Ago, And Its Dunes Have Yielded Large Numbers Of Striking Primitive Sea Mammal Remains.

Rodolfo Salas, Chief Of Paleontology At Peru’s National University Of San Marcos, Said That The Whale Was A “Sea Monster.”

The “Ocucaje Predator,” As The Researchers Dubbed It, Was About 55 Feet Long And Used Its Massive, Powerful Teeth To Feed On Tuna, Sharks And Schools Of Sardines.

The Announcement In Peru Comes About Two Months After Paleontologists Said They Had Discovered A Giant “Sea Dragon” Fossil In The United Kingdom.