Perucetus

Translingual

Skeletal diagram

Restoration

Restoration

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.

References

• Perucetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Perucetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Perucetus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons