A Team of Scientists Has Found a Sea Monster Fossil in Peru Desert
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Einsel Davenport in World
A team of scientists, while searching for whale fossils in Peru, has found the remains of a “sea monster” three times bigger than a killer whale.
At first they believed that the teeth of the “Leviathan Melvillei” were elephant tusks because of their size.
The name of the monster refers to the Hebrew word “Livyatan” and the name of the author of “Moby Dick”, Herman Melville.
Professor Jelle Reumer, member of the team and director of Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, stated: “There were no elephants in South America before 3 million years ago, and the specimens found have an age of 12 to 15 million years, so that was impossible”.
The sea monster found has a three-meter long fossilized skull, while the skull of the blue whale is six meters long. The remains include a jaw bone and several teeth, 12 centimeters in diameter and 36 centimeters in length each.
The mammal fed on large prey and lived 12 million-13 million years ago and became extinct, probably, due to climatic deterioration.
The fossils will remain in Peru at the Museo de Historia Natural in Lima.
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