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Eschrichtiidae (gray whale)
Taxonomy
Eschrichtiidae 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 considered monophyletic by Ekdale et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998); to Eschrichtioidea by Sanders and Barnes (2002) and Gingerich (2005); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007); to Mysticeti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Fordyce (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bisconti and Varola (2006), Bisconti (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008) and Uhen et al. (2008); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Balaenopteroidea by Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Geisler et al. (2011), Ekdale et al. (2011) and Bisconti (2014); and to Balaenopteroidea by Berta (2017), Fleming et al. (2022) and Bisconti et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998); to Eschrichtioidea by Sanders and Barnes (2002) and Gingerich (2005); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Cetotherioidea by Steeman (2007); to Mysticeti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Barnes et al. (1985), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Fordyce (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bisconti and Varola (2006), Bisconti (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008) and Uhen et al. (2008); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013); to Balaenopteroidea by Geisler and Sanders (2003), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Geisler et al. (2011), Ekdale et al. (2011) and Bisconti (2014); and to Balaenopteroidea by Berta (2017), Fleming et al. (2022) and Bisconti et al. (2024).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Rhachianectidae Weber p. 575 |
| 1914 | Rhachianectidae Abel p. 221 |
| 1923 | Rhachianectidae Miller p. 40 |
| 1928 | Rhachianectidae Weber p. 389 |
| 1945 | Rhachianectidae Simpson p. 105 |
| 1951 | Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 658 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1960 | Eschrichtidae Fraser and Purves p. 127 figs. Fig. 26 |
| 1963 | Eschrichtiidae Scheffer and Rice p. 9 |
| 1985 | Eschrichtiidae Barnes et al. p. 26 |
| 1988 | Eschrichtiidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Eschrichtiidae Vidal p. 6 |
| 1993 | Eschrichtiidae Benton p. 762 |
| 1994 | Eschrichtiidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Eschrichtiidae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1998 | Eschrichtiidae Rice |
| 2001 | Eschrichtiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176 |
| 2002 | Eschrichtiidae Sanders and Barnes p. 353 |
| 2003 | Eschrichtiidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1 |
| 2003 | Eschrichtiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2005 | Eschrichtiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2005 | Eschrichtiidae Mead and Brownell p. 725 |
| 2006 | Eschrichtiidae Bisconti and Varola p. 449 |
| 2006 | Eschrichtiidae Bouetel and Muizon p. 386 |
| 2007 | Eschrichtiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2007 | Eschrichtiidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Eschrichtiidae Bisconti p. 162 |
| 2008 | Eschrichtiidae Uhen et al. p. 621 |
| 2008 | Eschrichtiidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 250 |
| 2011 | Eschrichtiidae Ekdale et al. p. 39 |
| 2011 | Eschrichtiidae Geisler et al. pp. 6, 28 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Eschrichtiidae Bisconti et al. p. 98 |
| 2014 | Eschrichtiidae Bisconti figs. Figure 4 |
| 2017 | Eschrichtiidae Berta p. 168 |
| 2022 | Eschrichtiidae Fleming et al. p. 3 |
| 2024 | Eschrichtiidae Bisconti et al. p. 5 |
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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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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 Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhachianectidae Weber 1904 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available