†Livyatan melvillei Lambert et al. 2010
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Alternative combination: Leviathan melvillei
Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, K. Post, C. Muizon, R. Salas-Gismondi, M. Urbina, and J. Reumer. 2010. The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature 466:105-108
Belongs to Livyatan according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
See also Lambert et al. 2010 and Lambert et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUSM 1676, a partial skull. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Distribution: found only at Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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