Livyatan melvillei

Summary

Livyatan melvillei is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Livyatan melvillei's image is recorded as Livyatan melvillei.jpg^[3].
• Livyatan melvillei's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Livyatan melvillei's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Herman Melville is named after Livyatan melvillei^[6].
• Leviathan is named after Livyatan melvillei^[7].
• Livyatan melvillei's parent taxon is recorded as Livyatan^[8].
• Livyatan melvillei's taxon name is recorded as Livyatan melvillei^[9].
• Livyatan melvillei's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 171202^[10].
• Livyatan melvillei's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8656777^[11].
• Livyatan melvillei's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'L. melvillei'}^[12].
• Livyatan melvillei's time period is recorded as Miocene^[13].
• Livyatan melvillei's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc574hk5^[14].
• Livyatan melvillei's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 171202^[15].

Why It Matters

Livyatan melvillei ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]