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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.
All species are known by at least a skull, and are informally grouped without a family designation. They were all likely the apex predator of their habitats, comparable to the modern day killer whale (Orcinus orca), and achieved great lengths, with one species—Livyatan—measuring about 13.5–17.5 m (44–57 ft).
Livyatan melvillei is an extinct species of sperm whale that lived about 9.9 to 8.9 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch. The name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick. It was probably an apex predator, preying on whales and seals.
A livyatan refers to a toothed whale that actually existed. According to Kim, the livyatan is an ancient whale related to a modern sperm whale. Its skull is about nine feet long and its teeth are ...
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The whale's remains suggest it's a smaller relative of Basilosaurus cetoides, which lived along Alabama's coast 34-40 million years ago. ... A 34-million-year-old whale skull.
Lucy Skaer Sperm whale skull from 'Leviathan Edge' shown at Tate Britain In 2003, Skaer was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize. [ 7 ] In 2008, Skaer was the subject of a retrospective of her works since 2001 at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland which included newly commissioned work, and a comprehensive monograph book was ...
Police are trying to trace a whale skull due to be studied in Scotland, which has gone missing from a beach. The northern bottlenose whale carcass washed up near Cape Wrath in the far north of ...