Perucetus colossus

Translingual

Skeletal diagram

Restoration

Restoration

Etymology

From Perucetus + Latin colossus (“something big”)

Proper noun

†Perucetus colossus

1. A taxonomic species within the family †Basilosauridae – a giant extinct whale that lived during the Bartonian age of the middle Eocene, having incredibly thick and dense bones; the sole member of genus †Perucetus.

References

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