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  2. Livyatan - Wikipedia

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    Livyatan is an extinct genus of macroraptorial sperm whale containing one known species: L. melvillei.The genus name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the species name by Herman Melville, the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale.

  3. Macroraptorial sperm whale - Wikipedia

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    Livyatan probably targeted medium-sized whales ranging in size from 7–10 m (23–33 ft). Macroraptorials probably competed with the extinct giant shark megalodon for the same food sources. [7] [10] [11] [12] In sperm whales, the supracranial basin holds the spermaceti organ, a series of oil and wax reservoirs which aids in echolocation.

  4. List of extinct cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, the even-toed ungulates. The earliest cetaceans were still hoofed mammals. These early cetaceans became gradually better adapted for swimming than for walking on land, finally evolving into fully marine cetaceans.

  5. ‘Jaws v. Leviathan’: UC Merced Professor to be featured on ...

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    The Leviathan is believed to have lived 12 million to 13 million years ago, and ultimately became extinct 5 million years ago. Shark Week starts Sunday at 8 p.m. and will end Saturday July 13 ...

  6. A teen found a 34-million-year-old whale skull in her backyard

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    The whale's remains suggest it's a smaller relative of Basilosaurus cetoides, which lived along Alabama's coast 34-40 million years ago. A teen found a 34-million-year-old whale skull in her ...

  7. Ancient four-legged whales once roamed land and sea - AOL

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  8. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    The Leviathan (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ. ə θ ən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible , including Psalms , the Book of Job , the Book of Isaiah , and the pseudepigraphical Book of ...

  9. Albicetus - Wikipedia

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    Albicetus is a genus of stem-sperm whales that lived during the Miocene Epoch, around 15 million years ago, and was discovered in Santa Barbara, California in 1909. It was categorized for decades as belonging to a group of extinct walruses erroneously thought to be sperm whales.