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 …

2019年9月19日 · Melville himself, alas, died long before the discovery of Leviathan, though he may have been aware of the existence of another giant prehistoric whale, the North American Basilosaurus. A skull cast of the prehistoric whale, Livyatan melvillei.

2010年6月30日 · Those that swam off the coast of Peru around 12 million years ago were hunted by a far bigger predator, a recently discovered animal with a very appropriate name: Livyatan.

Unlike the modern sperm whale (Physeter), Livyatan possessed massive, deeply rooted upper teeth and a short, wide snout. The modern sperm whale lacks upper teeth, and has a very long, less robust snout.

2023年11月4日 · Melville's sea monster may have been fictional, but a huge predatory whale called Livyatan did once stalk the world's oceans, along with the massive Megalodon shark. Livyatan Melvillei is a fairly recent discovery in the world of …

Livyatan melvillei es una especie extinta de cetáceo odontoceto, perteneciente a la superfamilia Physeteroidea, conocido por diferentes fósiles hallados en las costa del océano Pacífico, en lo que ahora es Perú y Chile.

2017年9月29日 · A whale that would wreck ships for sport rather than defense, its name was Livyatan melvillei, a name-worthy leviathan that must go down in history as the largest and most powerful tetrapod macropredator of all time.

2010年7月1日 · Here we report the discovery of a new giant sperm whale from the Middle Miocene of Peru (approximately 12–13 million years ago), Leviathan melvillei, described on the basis of a skull with teeth...

2010年6月30日 · Named Leviathan melvillei, it probably hunted baleen whales. A team of researchers recovered 75% of the animal's skull, complete with large fragments of both jaws and several teeth.