40 Million-Year-Old
‘Walking Whale’ Fossil Discovered In Peru’s Ocucaje Desert
A fósil of a walking whale was found in Ocucaje desert in
Southern Perú, this fosil belong to a group called Achaeocetes. The Peruvian
paleontologist Rodolfo Salas, said about the fin “Now we can say that the most
important primitive sea mammal deposit in south america is at Ocucaje”, The
ocucaje site is dating back from 10 to 12 millions years.
The Whale`s remains are the oldest ever found in South America, the
skull resembles that of a wolf or
crocodile and may help researchers
understand the link between modern whales and their ancestors. find
such a large and complete specimen including cranial and pòst cranial remainds
is uncommon, because in a marine enviroment the bones are usually scavenged and
altered by diagenetic procces.
Having
the vertebrae, the ribs, the flipper bones. It will give us a more
complete picture of what these animals looked like. The paleontologist explain to
de Newspapper.
The first Whale ancestor was hairy, four legged omnivore
that evolve into a amphibious species. The fossil weigthed about 1,100 pounds and
measured 19 feet long, the scientist believe, there are more specimens to be
found at the Ocucaje desert in Perú, but it takes high-tech, resources and
equipment to locate and recover them. There are more tan 10 whale fossils
dicovered and recovered in the Ocucaje desert.
Further Information vist the linkhttp://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2013/sep/16/ancient-whale-fossils-peru-video
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