Livyatan - Wikipedia
Livyatan was part of a fossil stem group of hyper-predatory sperm whales commonly known as macroraptorial sperm whales, or raptorial sperm whales, alongside the extinct whales Brygmophyseter, Acrophyseter and Zygophyseter.
Macroraptorial sperm whale - Wikipedia
Macroraptorial sperm whales were highly predatory whales of the sperm whale superfamily (Physeteroidea) of the Miocene epoch that hunted large marine mammals, including other whales, using their large teeth.
Basilosaurus - Wikipedia
Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science. [ 2 ]
Behold Livyatan: the sperm whale that killed other whales
Jun 30, 2010 · Those that swam off the coast of Peru around 12 million years ago were hunted by a far bigger predator, a recently discovered animal with a very appropriate name: Livyatan.
Pictures and Profiles of Prehistoric Whales - ThoughtCo
Feb 28, 2018 · Pictures and detailed profiles of the prehistoric whales of the Cenozoic Era, ranging from A (Acrophyseter) to Z (Zygorhiza).
Do Whale Have Predators? | History and Overview
Here are the main predators that whales face in the ocean. Humans have hunted whales for many millennia. During the mid 17th – 20th centuries (the whaling era), large numbers of whales were being hunted for their raw materials.
Macropredatory sperm whales - Earth Archives
Although living sperm whales focus on squid, ten-million-year-old fossils from Peru show that ancient sperm whales were top predators. They ate primarily marine mammals, and filled niches once occupied by mosasaurs and currently filled by orcas.
Livyatan | Dinopedia | Fandom
Livyatan was an apex predator, and it usually hunted animals close to the surface. Its favorite prey was medium sized Baleen Whales, but it also hunted anything else it could reach, like Megalodon. It occupied a Niche similar to the ones Killer Whales do today.
The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene …
Jul 1, 2010 · We propose that Leviathan fed mostly on high-energy content medium-size baleen whales. As a top predator, together with the contemporaneous giant shark Carcharocles megalodon, it probably had a...
Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale ...
Nov 27, 2014 · The debate about whether killer whales were important predators of large whales prior to the advent of industrial whaling, and, if they were, how they responded to the worldwide depletion of whale stocks, could have important implications for marine food web dynamics.