prehistoric version of the millipedes we know today

including possible defensive

which allowed it to reach leaves and high branches to feed

indicating its adaptation to a carnivorous diet

with its front flippers resembling moving wings and its long neck reaching out of the water to breathe

Perucetus colossus Paleozoico superior prehistoric version of the millipedesPerucetus colossus is a genus of extinct mammals that belong to the family of cetaceans, specifically to the subfamily of Pliocene odontocetes, and can reach sizes of up to 20 meters. These marine animals lived during the Pliocene period, which spanned from approximately 5. 3 million years ago to about 2. 6 million years ago, in what we know today as the coastal region of Peru, in South America. The Perucetus were predatory cetaceans that were