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(01-23-2022, 02:25 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: So, I decided to make my own comparative image using the images from several artists and escalate them with the correct measurements available in litterature, here is the result:
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Sadly it's time to update this my friend.
Very big downsize
Updated Livyatan with up-to-date proportions, largest specimen comes out at ~12 and a half meters long
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Livyatan is restored based on it's close relatives which are visible in the img ,the 17 metre estimate no longer holds up because the base for it ( Zygophyseter ) had the wrong HL TL ratio in the paper ( The mount just measures like 5 metres rather than 7 metres taken in the paper) based on more rigourous Reconstructions it's <15 metres
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Livyatan Melvillei and Megalodon ( The blue one is an incredibly well preserved Megalodon skeleton which is nearly 16 metres long ,the one behind is the 20 metre estimates based on 2021 papers)