Livyatan

Translingual vertical Livyatan melvillei skull.jpg †Livyatan melvillei species skull Livyatanscalemodel.jpg †Livyatan melvillei species life restoration Livyatan size.png Size comparison (†Livyatan melvillei species in blue, and Physeter macrocephalus species in gray) Etymology Borrowed from mul he לווייתן livyatán, named after the biblical sea monster. This sole species in this genus (†Livyatan melvillei species) was originally assigned the name †Leviathan melvillei genus, but Leviathan genus was already a junior synonym of †Mammut genus, so authors rectified this situation by using the original Hebrew name instead. Proper noun †1 genus superfamily Physeteroidea currently contains only one species, a gigantic predatory sperm whale, that might have interacted with the megalodon, competing with it for food Usage notes This genus is not yet placed in a family. Hyponyms genus †Livyatan melvillei species sole species References 1 1 1 mul Cetaceans