Mammalia - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Alternative spelling: Eschrictius
Synonyms: Agaphelus Cope 1868, Rachianectes Trouessart 1898, Rhachianectes Trouessart 1898, Rhachionectes Trouessart 1898
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1864. Notes on the Whalebone-Whales; with a Synopsis of the Species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:345-353
Parent taxon: Eschrichtiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1868, Cope 1890, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gill 1871, Gill 1872, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Mead and Mitchell 1984, Miller 1923, Palmer 1904, Scammon and Cope 1869, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Weber 1928 and Winge 1921
Sister taxa: Archaeschrichtius, Eschrichtioides, Gricetoides
Subtaxa: Cyphonotus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Japan (3), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Taiwan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (20: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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