{"id":418436,"date":"2022-03-19T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/skull-of-marine-monster-a-whale-predecessor-found-in-peru\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T01:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T22:00:38","slug":"skull-of-marine-monster-a-whale-predecessor-found-in-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/skull-of-marine-monster-a-whale-predecessor-found-in-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"#Skull of &#8216;marine monster&#8217;, a whale predecessor, found in Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a249f9e4b017\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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roughly 36-million-year-old well-preserved skull was dug up intact last year from the bone-dry rocks of Peru\u2019s southern Ocucaje desert, with rows of long, pointy teeth, Rodolfo Salas, chief of paleontology at Peru\u2019s National University of San Marcos, told reporters at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists think the ancient mammal was a basilosaurus, part of the aquatic cetacean family, whose contemporary descendents include whales, dolphins and porpoises.<\/p>\n<p>Basilosaurus means \u201cking lizard,\u201d although the animal was not a reptile, though its long body might have moved like a giant snake.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time top predator likely measured some 39 feet long, or about the height of a four-story building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The fossil remains of a Basilosaurus' skull found in Ocucaje, Peru, are displayed by paleontologists at a museum in Lima, on March 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21579892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Paleontology expert Rodolfo Salas lauded the Basilosaurus species as \u201ca marine monster.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ERNESTO BENAVIDES\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A Basilosaurus whale fossil dating back 36 million years is displayed at the Museum of Natural History after its discovery in the Ocucaje desert, in Lima, Peru March 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21579893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Basilosaurus3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Despite its long head shape and large teeth, the Basilosaurus was not considered a reptile.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Sebastian Castaneda<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was a marine monster,\u201d said Salas, adding the skull, which has already been put on display at the university\u2019s museum, may belong to a new species of basilosaurus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it was searching for its food, it surely did a lot of damage,\u201d added Salas.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists believe the first cetaceans evolved from mammals that lived on land some 55 million years ago, about 10 million years after an asteroid struck just off what is now Mexico\u2019s Yucatan peninsula, wiping out most life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Whale.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"In this file photograph taken on August 12, 2018, a Humpback whale leaps on the surface of the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga National Natural Park in Colombia.\" class=\"wp-image-21579897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Whale.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Whale.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Whale.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Basilosaurus fossil is believed to be an ancient predecessor to modern day whales.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MIGUEL MEDINA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Salas explained that when the ancient basilosaurus died, its skull likely sunk to the bottom of the sea floor, where it was quickly buried and preserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack during this age, the conditions for fossilization were very good in Ocucaje,\u201d he said.\n                        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