Fucaia
Name: Fucaia.
Phonetic: Fu-ky-ah.
Named By: F. G. Marx, C.-H. Tsai &
R. E. Fordyce - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Aetiocetidae.
Species: F. buelli, F. goedertorum.
Diet: Carnivore/filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada. USA.
Time period: Early Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Fucaia
is a genus of aetiocetid whale
known to have lived in the waters of the
Pacific North-West during the early Oligocene. A former species of
Chonecetus,
C. goedertorum, is now reassigned as belonging
to the
Fucaia genus.
Further reading
- A new Early Oligocene toothed ‘baleen’ whale (Mysticeti:
Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and
the smallest. - Royal Society Open Science 2(12):150476. -
F. G. Marx, C.-H. Tsai & R. E. Fordyce -
2015.
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