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 · Three whale biologists examine a dead, beached sperm whale. Leviathan is technically classified as a "physeteroid," a member of a family of toothed whales that stretches back about 20 million years in the evolutionary record.

Leviathan, properly known as Livyatan melvillei, is a prehistoric whale which lived approximately 13 million years ago during the Miocene Period. It was first discovered in 2008 when fossils of Livyatan melvillei were collected from the coastal desert of Peru. It was then named in 2010.

2010年6月30日 · Livyatan melvillei, named after the Biblical sea monster and the author of Moby Dick author of Moby Dick, was a giant sperm whale that has just been discovered by...

2023年3月20日 · This prehistoric relative of the sperm whale, Livyatan Melvillei, lived in the Miocene epoch, about 9 to 13 million years ago, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Due to the small number of fossils found so far, it is not known exactly how long it …

2016年5月10日 · Livyatan is morphologically similar to the modern sperm whale,‭ ‬and this has brought comparisons between the two for head function.‭ ‬Livyatan is thought to have had a spermaceti organ that would have been filled with wax and oil.‭ ‬This has also inferred the possibility that Livyatan may have used echolocation to find its prey.

2010年6月30日 · A prehistoric leviathan related to modern sperm whales hunted other whales rather than giant squid. The ancient monster takes its name in part from Herman Melville, author of the novel...

2010年6月30日 · Livyatan melvillei, named after the Biblical sea monster and the author of Moby Dick, was a giant sperm whale that has just been discovered by Belgian scientist Olivier Lambert. At between 13.5 and 18.5 metres in length, it was no bigger than the modern sperm whale, but it was clearly far more formidable.

Macroraptorial sperm whales were highly predatory whales of the sperm whale superfamily (Physeteroidea) of the Miocene epoch that hunted large marine mammals, including other whales, using their large teeth. They consist of five genera: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Brygmophyseter, Livyatan and Zygophyseter. [1] .

2010年6月30日 · A Peruvian desert has turned out to be the final resting place of an ancient sperm whale with teeth much bigger than those of the largest of today's sperm whales.