Synonym: Leviathan Lambert et al. 2010 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, K. Post, C. Muizon, R. Salas-Gismondi, M. Urbina, and J. Reumer. 2010. Corrigendum: The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature 466:1134
Parent taxon: Physeteroidea according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
See also Berta 2017, Lambert et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2010, Marx et al. 2016, Piazza et al. 2018 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Angelocetus, Brygmophyseter, Cozzuoliphyseter, Eudelphis, Ferecetotherium, Hoplocetus, Kogiidae, Miophyseter, Physeterida, Physeteridae, Preaulophyseter, Rhaphicetus, Scaldicetus, Zygophyseter
Subtaxa: Livyatan melvillei
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1), Peru (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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