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Taxonomy
Leviathan melvillei was named by Lambert et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MUSM 1676, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Leviathan.
It was recombined as Livyatan melvillei by Lambert et al. (2010), Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Livyatan melvillei by Lambert et al. (2010), Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Leviathan melvillei Lambert et al. p. 105 figs. Fig. 1, 3 |
| 2010 | Livyatan melvillei Lambert et al. p. 1134 |
| 2015 | Livyatan melvillei Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10 |
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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.
†Livyatan melvillei Lambert et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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