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Eschrichtiinae (gray whale)
Taxonomy
Eschrichtiinae was named by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951) [Fraser and Purves (1960) were the first(?) to use a subfamily Eschrichtiinae.]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Eschrichtinae by Fraser and Purves (1960); and to Balaenopteridae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Marx and Fordyce (2015).
It was assigned to Eschrichtinae by Fraser and Purves (1960); and to Balaenopteridae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Marx and Fordyce (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 658 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1960 | Eschrichtinae Fraser and Purves p. 127 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1997 | Eschrichtiinae McKenna and Bell p. 367 |
| 2015 | Eschrichtiinae Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2 |
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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.
Subfm. Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available