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Fucaia buelli
Taxonomy
Fucaia buelli was named by Marx et al. (2015). Its type specimen is UWBM 84024, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bullman Creek, which is in a Rupelian marine siltstone in the Makah Formation of Washington.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Fucaia buelli Marx et al. p. 3 |
| 2016 | Fucaia buelli Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2017 | Fucaia buelli Tsai and Kohno |
| 2018 | Fucaia buelli Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4 |
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†Fucaia buelli Marx et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. G. Marx et al. 2015 | Small-sized mysticete (approx. 2 m in length) corresponding in all preserved features with the diagnosis of Fucaia. Differs from F. goedertorum in having a more elevated posterior portion of the nuchal crest (and thus a more concave supraoccipital shield), an ascending process of the premaxilla that is narrower than the ascending process of the maxilla, an ascending process of the maxilla that extends as far posteriorly as the nasal, a clearly defined (as opposed to interdigitating) naso-frontal suture, a flat, tabular dorsal surface of the involucrum, and an anterior process of the periotic with a dorsally deflected anterodorsal angle. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||