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Livyatan melvillei had a body length of 13.5 to 17.5 metres, about the same as a modern adult male sperm whale. The skull of Livyatan melvillei is 3 metres long. Unlike the modern sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, L. melvillei had functional teeth in both its jaws. The jaws of L. melvillei were robust and its temporal fossa was also ...
Livyatan melvillei hay còn gọi là siêu cá nhà táng một thành viên đã tuyệt chủng của phân bộ cá voi có răng thời tiền sử và được xem là loài cá voi có răng to lớn nhất từng biết. Chúng có thể sống cách đây 13,5 đến 5 triệu năm. Những chiếc răng khổng lồ và kích thước cơ thể to lớn của loài cá voi này sẽ ...
28 de ene. de 2019 · In the Near Corner: Leviathan, the Giant Sperm Whale . Discovered in Peru in 2008, the 10-foot-long skull of Leviathan testifies to a truly enormous prehistoric whale that plied the coasts of South America about 12 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch. Originally named Leviathan melvillei, after the biblical behemoth of myth and the author of Moby-Dick, this whale's genus name was ...
30 de jun. de 2010 · «Leviathan melvillei» es el nombre que le han dado los científicos, elegido por la palabra hebrea que hace referencia al mítico monstruo de los mares y por Herman Melville, el autor de Moby ...
11 de ene. de 2024 · Unveiling the Leviathan: Ancient Ocean's Apex Predator - Livyatan Melvillei🌊 Dive deep into the mysteries of the ancient oceans as we unravel the story of L...
18 de may. de 2024 · Livyatan melvillei Fossil range: Miocene, 12 Ma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Superfamily: Physeteroidea Genus: Livyatan Species: Livyatan melvillei Leviathan melvillei is an extinct species of physeteroid whale. Fossilised remains, comprising 75% of the animal's skull, and large fragments of ...
Note: This species was originally named Leviathan melvillei in the summer of 2010. As it turned out, the name Leviathan had already been used for a mastodon, an extinct type of elephant.Rules established by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature prohibit this, otherwise confusing situations could develop because different species share the same name.
