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Taxonomy
Livyatan was named by Lambert et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Panphyseteroidea by Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015) and Berta (2017); and to Physeteroidea by Lambert et al. (2010), Marx et al. (2016), Collareta et al. (2017) and Piazza et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Panphyseteroidea by Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015) and Berta (2017); and to Physeteroidea by Lambert et al. (2010), Marx et al. (2016), Collareta et al. (2017) and Piazza et al. (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Leviathan Lambert et al. p. 105 figs. Fig. 1, 3 |
| 2010 | Livyatan Lambert et al. p. 1134 |
| 2015 | Livyatan Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2016 | Livyatan Marx et al. p. 122 |
| 2017 | Livyatan Berta p. 161 |
| 2017 | Livyatan Collareta et al. p. 269 figs. Figure 6 |
| 2018 | Livyatan Piazza et al. p. 276 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Livyatan Lambert et al. 2010
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†Livyatan melvillei Lambert et al. 2010
Invalid names: Leviathan Lambert et al. 2010 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro) | L. sp. (49878) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Leviathan melvillei (96800) | |
| Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | L. sp. (55535) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | L. sp. (220291) |