In Depth
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.
