Do Whales Live in the Desert

In Cerro Colorado, located in the Ica Desert of Peru, sedimentary sequences dating back nine million years have been found to host the fossil skeletons of hundreds of marine vertebrates. … In 2008, remains of a giant raptorial sperm whale, Livyatan

Why are whale fossils in desert?

More likely, says lead Smithsonian researcher Nicholas Pyenson, the area was once a “lagoon-like environment” that somehow became closed off from the open ocean. The whales either died when the lagoon dried up, or when a natural disaster (such as an earthquake or landslide) sealed them off from the sea.

How did fossils end up in the desert?

Fossils are everywhere you have sedimentary rock* deserts are actually rather poor at forming fossils compared to many other environments. They are FOUND more often in deserts because there are no plants or soil covering them up and no plant roots to rip them apart for minerals.