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Eschrichtiidae (gray whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Rhachianectidae Weber p. 575
1914Rhachianectidae Abel p. 221
1923Rhachianectidae Miller p. 40
1928Rhachianectidae Weber p. 389
1945Rhachianectidae Simpson p. 105
1951Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 658 figs. Figure 26
1960Eschrichtidae Fraser and Purves p. 127 figs. Fig. 26
1963Eschrichtiidae Scheffer and Rice p. 9
1985Eschrichtiidae Barnes et al. p. 26
1988Eschrichtiidae Carroll
1991Eschrichtiidae Vidal p. 6
1993Eschrichtiidae Benton p. 762
1994Eschrichtiidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1995Eschrichtiidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1998Eschrichtiidae Rice
2001Eschrichtiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176
2002Eschrichtiidae Sanders and Barnes p. 353
2003Eschrichtiidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1
2003Eschrichtiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Eschrichtiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2005Eschrichtiidae Mead and Brownell p. 725
2006Eschrichtiidae Bisconti and Varola p. 449
2006Eschrichtiidae Bouetel and Muizon p. 386
2007Eschrichtiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2007Eschrichtiidae Steeman p. 880
2008Eschrichtiidae Bisconti p. 162
2008Eschrichtiidae Uhen et al. p. 621
2008Eschrichtiidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 250
2011Eschrichtiidae Ekdale et al. p. 39
2011Eschrichtiidae Geisler et al. pp. 6, 28 figs. Table 1
2013Eschrichtiidae Bisconti et al. p. 98
2014Eschrichtiidae Bisconti figs. Figure 4
2017Eschrichtiidae Berta p. 168
2022Eschrichtiidae Fleming et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Plicogulae
superfamilyBalaenopteroideaGray 1868
familyEschrichtiidae
familyEschrichtiidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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G. †Archaeschrichtius Bisconti and Varola 2006
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Archaeschrichtius ruggieroi Bisconti and Varola 2006
G. †Eschrichtioides Bisconti 2008
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Eschrichtioides gastaldii Strobel 1881
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Invalid names: Cetotherium cortesi Brandt 1873 [synonym]
G. Eschrichtius Gray 1864 [gray whale]
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Eschrichtius akishimaensis Kimura et al. 2018
Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 [gray whale]
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Invalid names: Agaphelus glaucus Cope 1868 [synonym], Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777 [synonym]
Invalid names: Agaphelus Cope 1868 [synonym], Cyphonotus Rafinesque 1815 [nomen nudum], Eschrichtius mysticetoides Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Rhachianectes Trouessart 1898 [synonym]
G. †Gricetoides Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
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Gricetoides aurorae Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Invalid names: Rhachianectidae Weber 1904 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available