Friday, July 13, 2012

Livyatan

 

Name: Livyatan/Leviathan

Habitat: Shores of South America

Historical Time: Middle Miocene (13-12 million years ago)

Size and Weight: About 50 feet long and 25-50 tons

Diet: Large marine creatures

Fact:  Recently, the name of this prehistoric whale was changed to the Hebrew Livyatan, since it turned out that "Leviathan" had already been used for a species of Mastodon.

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