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Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei. The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the species name by Herman Melville, the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale. Herman Melville often referred to whales as "Leviathans" in ...
Zygophyseter was discovered in the Pietra Leccese Formation in Italy from a skull, teeth, and vertebrae; [2] Brygmophyseter was discovered in the Bessho Formation in Japan from a nearly-complete skeleton; [3] and Acrophyseter and Livyatan both originate from the Pisco Formation in Peru and are known by only a skull. [4]
The exhibition was organized in 2018 into eight thematic areas containing more than 28 skeletons from the 27 species present in the collection, as well as 11 life-sized models including a baleen, five casts of fossils mostly discovered and studied by the team of the University of Pisa, such as that of Livyatan melvillei as well as from real ...
The partial skeleton of Perucetus, consisting of 13 vertebrae, four ribs and one hip bone, is estimated to be 17 to 20 meters (55.8 to 65.6 feet) long. ... and the enormous macropredatory sperm ...
English: Various size estimates of Livyatan melvillei, an extinct macroraptorial sperm whale, compared to the extant sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). • 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.
Livyatan Melvillei model I made this sculpture in supervision of Dick Mol and Klaas Post. This sculpture is also used as an illustration in Klaas Post book: De fossiele zoogdieren van Nederland.
Livyatan currently redirects to Leviathan. Whether that should remain so depends on whether the monster or this whale is considered the primary topic for the term "Livyatan". Ucucha 11:40, 26 August 2010 (UTC) Well, it should probably be Livyatan (genus) or something, I agree. Just to quote the relevant guideline here: "for monotypic genera (i ...
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