Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei. The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea...
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They consist of five genera: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Brygmophyseter, Livyatan and Zygophyseter. All species are known by at least a skull, and are informally...
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Leviathan (/lɪˈvaɪ.əθən/ liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology...
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shortened to "raptorial") also including Brygmophyseter, Acrophyseter, and Livyatan. It probably grew to be around 6.5 to 7 meters (21 to 23 ft) in length...
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prey. The animal faced competition from whale-eating cetaceans, such as Livyatan and other macroraptorial sperm whales and possibly smaller ancestral killer...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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Birr, Ireland Leviathan Patera, a depression on Neptune's moon Triton Livyatan melvillei (formerly Leviathan melvillei), a species of extinct whale Leviathan...
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dolphin Odobenocetops, and the macroraptorial sperm whales Acrophyseter and Livyatan. Other vertebrates include the seals Acrophoca and Hadrokirus, sea turtles...
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shortened to "raptorial"). The other members are Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Livyatan, and Zygophyseter, and these five whales have in common enamel-coated teeth...
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†Aulophyseter †Brygmophyseter (= Naganocetus) †Diaphorocetus †Eudelphis †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Orycterocetus †Rhaphicetus †Zygophyseter Physeteridae, sperm...
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life portal Oceans portal List of marine mammal species List of cetaceans Livyatan melvillei – occupied a similar ecological niche Ingrid Visser (researcher)...
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crocodiles. The oceans were dominated by large carnivores like megalodons and livyatans, and 19 million years ago about 70% of all pelagic shark species disappeared...
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faces Gutt to save Peaches, ensuing a fight, as Granny's pet whale, a Livyatan named Precious, arrives and fends off Gutt's crew. Peaches saves Ellie...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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fossils found in these layers include the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan, the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus, the sperm whale Acrophyseter, and the...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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Lansingburgh Historical Society. In 2010, a species of extinct sperm whale, Livyatan melvillei, was named in honor of Melville. The paleontologists who discovered...
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strandings List of cetaceans List of individual cetaceans Marine biology Livyatan /ˈkæʃəlɒt, ˈkæʃəloʊ/ – "cachalot". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...
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to a group of macroraptorial sperm whales together with Brygmophyseter, Livyatan and Zygophyseter. They all have large, deeply rooted teeth coated in enamel...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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loosely based on the Sirens of Greek mythology. Precious is a 123-foot-long Livyatan with three rows of teeth. Precious was the pet of a ground sloth named...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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modern sperm whales, most ancient sperm whales were built to hunt whales. Livyatan had a short and wide rostrum measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) across, which gave...
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†Acrophyseter †Albicetus †Brygmophyseter †Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia...
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