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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...
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  • Leviathan Patera, a depression on Neptune's moon Triton Livyatan melvillei (formerly Leviathan melvillei), a species of extinct whale Leviathan (1849), the...
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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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    †Aulophyseter †Brygmophyseter (= Naganocetus) †Diaphorocetus †Eudelphis †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Orycterocetus †Rhaphicetus †Zygophyseter Physeteridae, sperm...
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    portal Paleontology portal Evolution of cetaceans List of cetaceans Livyatan melvillei – occupied a similar ecological niche "Dir Abu Lifa (Eocene of Egypt)"...
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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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    (e.g. O. megalodon) and Cetotheriids. The raptorial toothed whale, Livyatan melvillei, may too have posed a threat to these whales.[citation needed] Paleontology...
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    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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    Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru)" (PDF). Journal of Maps. 12 (3):...
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    Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru)", Journal of Maps, 12 (3): 543–557...
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    and studied by the team of the University of Pisa, such as that of Livyatan melvillei as well as from real fossils, such as the holotypes of Balaenula astensis...
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  • sprechmanni. Livyatan Valid Lambert Bianucci et al. Miocene Pisco Formation  Peru A physeteroid whale. The type species is L. melvillei. Lokotunjailurus...
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