Sitsqwayk
| Sitsqwayk Temporal range: Late Oligocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Mysticeti |
| Clade: | Chaeomysticeti |
| Genus: | †Sitsqwayk Peredo and Uhen, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Sitsqwayk cornishorum Peredo and Uhen, 2016 | |
Sitsqwayk is a genus of baleen whale from Late Oligocene (Chattian) marine deposits in Washington state. The generic name refers to a powerful water spirit in the folklore of the Klallam that is said to bring wealth.