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Eschrichtiidae (gray whale)

Synonyms: Eschrichtidae; Rachianectidae; Rhachianectidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (suborder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). The family, however, also includes three described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius and Eschrichtioides from the Miocene and Pliocene of Italy respectively, and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. The names of the extant genus and the family honours Danish zoologist Daniel Eschricht.
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Genus

Archaeschrichtius (1)
Eschrichtioides (1)
Eschrichtius (gray whale) (2)
Gricetoides (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0