Re: Leviathan => Livyatan

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>:

> This arose on the DML a month or two ago, so here's an update.  The  
> fossil whale genus _Leviathan_, which was found to be preoccupied by  
> a genus of mastodon, has been re-named _Livyatan_.
>
> By coincidence, I came up with the same suggestion:
>
> http://dml.cmnh.org/2010Jul/msg00002.html

*Livyatan* is a fine name, thought I was kind of hoping they'd go with  
*Monstro*:

http://www.disneyanaexchange.com/Photobin/wpi-pinocchio.monstro.jpg

Ah, well.  Maybe someone will use it for the next toothy sperm whale!

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