enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Livyatan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan

    Livyatan is the largest fossil sperm whale discovered, and was also one of the biggest-known predators, having the largest bite of any tetrapod. [1] [8] Diagram comparing the upper and lower size estimates of Livyatan (bottom three) with the size of mature sperm whales, including one of the largest individuals recorded (top three), and a human

  3. File:Livyatan size.svg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Livyatan_size.svg

    Livyatan was described by Lambert et al. (2010) and is primarily known from a large, fairly complete ~3 metres (9.8 ft) long skull, MUSM 1676. The Livyatan silhouettes in this image represent two different size estimates by Lambert et al., one estimate based on the modern-day sperm whale and the other estimate based on the incompletely ...

  4. Macroraptorial sperm whale - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroraptorial_sperm_whale

    Skull of Livyatan. Macroraptorial sperm whales were highly predatory whales of the sperm whale superfamily (Physeteroidea) of the Miocene epoch that hunted large marine mammals, including other whales, using their large teeth. They consist of five genera: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Brygmophyseter, Livyatan and Zygophyseter. [1]

  5. Megalodon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon

    On the other hand, gigantic macropredatory sperm whales such as Livyatan-like forms are last reported from Australia and South Africa circa 5 million years ago. [111] [112] [113] Others, such as Hoplocetus and Scaldicetus also occupied a niche similar to that of modern killer whales but the last of these forms disappeared during the Pliocene.

  6. Physeteroidea - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physeteroidea

    Sperm whale and bottlenose whale. The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest species of toothed whale, with adult bulls (males) growing to be about 15–18 m (49–59 ft) long, and weighing about 45–70 metric tons (44–69 long tons; 50–77 short tons).

  7. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  8. The 6 best and 6 worst celebrity Christmas albums - AOL

    www.aol.com/6-best-6-worst-celebrity-192259339.html

    Every year, celebrities try to capitalize on the holiday season by releasing festive music. Singers like Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, and Michael Bublé managed to perfect the cheesy art form ...

  9. Mosasaurus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus

    Mosasaurus (/ ˌ m oʊ z ə ˈ s ɔːr ə s /; "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the mosasaurs, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles.It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous.