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Albicetus is a genus of stem-sperm whales that lived during the Miocene Epoch, around 15 million years ago, and was discovered in Santa Barbara, California in 1909. It was categorized for decades as belonging to a group of extinct walruses erroneously thought to be sperm whales. It was named Albicetus, meaning "white whale", is a reference to the leviathan in Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick.

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  • Albicetus is a genus of stem-sperm whales that lived during the Miocene Epoch, around 15 million years ago, and was discovered in Santa Barbara, California in 1909. It was categorized for decades as belonging to a group of extinct walruses erroneously thought to be sperm whales. It was named Albicetus, meaning "white whale", is a reference to the leviathan in Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick. (en)
  • Albicetus — рід стовбурових кашалотів, які жили в епоху міоцену, близько 15 мільйонів років тому, і були виявлені в Санта-Барбарі, Каліфорнія, в 1909 році. Його назвали Albicetus, що означає «білий кит», є посиланням на левіафана в класичному романі Германа Мелвіла 1851 року «Мобі-Дік». Назва виду oxymycterus походить від давньогрецького ὀξύς oxy «гострий» і μυκτήρ mycter «ніс». (uk)
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  • Relationships between Albicetus and other physeteroids, macroraptorials are in bold (en)
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