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Livyatan melvillei

extinct species of cetaceans
Taxon fossil_taxon Q22112109
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Summary

Livyatan melvillei is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,675 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Herman Melville[4], Leviathan[5]
  • Parent taxon: Livyatan[6]
  • Taxon name: Livyatan melvillei[7]
  • Short name: L. melvillei[8]
  • Time period: Miocene[9]
  • Taxon author citation: Lambert et al., 2010[10]

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Identifiers

Livyatan melvillei's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8656777[11].

Why It Matters

Livyatan melvillei has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Herman Melville

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 42m ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → apexpredators:Leviathan_melvillei
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: apexpredators:Leviathan_melvillei"
  2. 7d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Time period → Miocene
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Named after → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Lambert et al., 2010, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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