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''Livyatan melvillei'' is an extinct species of physeteroid whale, similar in size to the modern sperm whale. It lived during the Serravallian stage of the Miocene epoch, approximately 12 to 13 million years ago.〔 (Paleobiology Database )〕 == Discovery == In November 2008, fossil remains of ''Livyatan melvillei'' were discovered in the coastal desert of Peru in the sediments of the Pisco formation at Cerro Colorado, south-southwest of Ica.〔 The remains include a partially preserved skull with teeth and mandible.〔 Rotterdam Natural History Museum researcher Klaas Post stumbled across them on the final day of a field trip there in November 2008.〔 Post was part of an international team of palaeontologists. The fossils have been dated at 12–13 million years old and were prepared in Lima, Peru,〔 and are now part of the collection of the Natural History Museum there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Livyatan melvillei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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