Livyatan melvillei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Physeteroidea

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Familia: incertae sedis
Genus: †Livyatan
Species: Livyatan melvillei

Name

• Livyatan melvillei (Lambert et al., 2010)
  • Original combination: Leviathan melvillei
  • Current combination authority: Lambert et al., 2010: 1134 (corrigendum)

References

cited sources

• Lambert, O.; Bianucci, G.; Post, K; Muizon, C., de; Salas-Gismondi, R.; Urbina, M.; Reumer, J. 2010: The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature, 466: 105-108. doi: 10.1038/nature09067 [Corrigendum in Nature, 466: 1134. (2010) doi: 10.1038/nature09381]