†Livyatan Lambert et al. 2010 (toothed whale)
PaleoDB taxon number: 171201
Synonym: Leviathan Lambert et al. 2010 [replaced name] (taxon 168739)
Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, K. Post, C. Muizon, R. Salas-Gismondi, M. Urbina, and J. Reumer. 2010. Corrigendum: The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature 466:1134
Parent taxon: Physeteroidea according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Aulophyseter rionegrensis, Brygmophyseter, Eudelphis, Ferecetotherium, Hoplocetus, Kogiidae, Physeterida, Physeteridae, Preaulophyseter, Scaldicetus, Zygophyseter
Subtaxa: Livyatan melvillei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore