ammonites
Livyatan Lambert et al. 2010 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

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 O. Lambert et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Brygmophyseter, Diaphorocetus, Eudelphis, Kogiidae, Orycterocetus, Physeteridae, Placoziphius

Subtaxa: Livyatan melvillei

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Type: Leviathan melvillei

Ecology: aquatic carnivore