Mammal
Livyatan
Livyatan melvillei was a large predatory whale with a powerful skull and very large teeth.
Livyatan melvillei was a large predatory whale with a powerful skull and very large teeth. Teeth in both jaws distinguish its feeding apparatus from that of the living sperm whale.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Livyatan at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Miocene
- Group
- Physeteroidea
- Sperm-whale relatives
Beyond the game
The real Livyatan
Livyatan melvillei was a large predatory whale with a powerful skull and very large teeth. Teeth in both jaws distinguish its feeding apparatus from that of the living sperm whale.
The known skull and teeth document a powerful feeding apparatus. Full-body proportions are less directly known than the head, and the teeth distinguish it from the living sperm whale.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Lambert et al. 2010 — The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru
- Lambert et al. 2010 — Corrigendum: replacement name Livyatan
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