Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Alternative combinations: Chonecetus goedertorum, Shiriyanetta goedertorum
Full reference: L. G. Barnes, M. Kimura, H. Furusawa and H. Sawamura. 1995. Classification and distribution of Oligocene Aetiocetidae (Mammalia; Cetacea; Mysticeti) from western North America and Japan. The Island Arc 3(4):392-431
Belongs to Fucaia according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018
See also Barnes et al. 1995, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Fordyce and Marx 2016, Geisler et al. 2011, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2015, Tsai and Ando 2015, Tsai and Kohno 2017 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Fucaia buelli, Fucaia humilis
Type specimen: LACM 131146, a skull. Its type locality is Twin River Quarry, which is in a Chattian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Distribution: found only at Twin River Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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