Mammalia - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Alternative combinations: Balaenoptera robusta, Eschrichtius robusta, Megaptera (Eschrichtius) robusta, Plesiocetus robustus
Synonyms: Agaphelus gibbosus Erxleben 1777, Agaphelus glaucus Cope 1868, Balaena gibbosa Erxleben 1777, Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777, Eschrichtius glaucus Cope 1868, Rachianectes glaucus Cope 1868, Rhachianectes glaucus Scammon and Cope 1869
Belongs to Eschrichtius according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Bisconti and Varola 2006, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Brandt 1874, Cope 1868, Cope 1868, Cope 1868, Deméré et al. 2005, Fleming et al. 2022, Garrison et al. 2019, Geisler et al. 2011, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1865, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1846, Hershkovitz 1966, Junge 1936, Lacépède 1804, Lydekker 1887, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015, McLeod et al. 1993, Mead and Brownell 2005, Mead and Mitchell 1984, Owen 1843, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Tsai and Boessenecker 2015, Tsai et al. 2014, Turner 1912, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Deinse 1937 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxon: Cyphonotus
Type specimens:
- Eschrichtius robustus: University Museum of Upsala, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Graso, which is in a Holocene coastal sandstone/claystone in Sweden.
- Agaphelus glaucus:
- Eschrichtius gibbosus:
- Rhachianectes glaucus:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Japan (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (3), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (19: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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