IRMNG - Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

IRMNG taxon details

Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

IRMNG_ID

104003 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104003)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cetacea

Synonymised names

Eschrichtidae Miller & Kellogg, 1955 · unaccepted

Rachianectidae Weber, 1904 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

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Genus Archaeschrichtius Bisconti & Varola, 2006 †
Genus Eschrichtioides Bisconti, 2008 †
Genus Eschrichtius Gray, 1864
Genus Gricetoides Whitmore & Kaltenbach, 2008 †
Genus Cyphonotus Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Cyphonotus Gray, 1850 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 (preoccupied)
Genus Rachianectes Cope, 1869 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864
Genus Rachianectes Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 (misspelling)
Genus Rhachianectes Cope, 1869 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 (synonym)
Genus Rhachionectes Winge, 1942 accepted as Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 (misspelling)
Genus Glaucabalaena Bisconti, Damarco, Marengo, Macagno, Daniello, Pavia & Carnevale, 2024 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104003 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source McGowen, M. R.; Tsagkogeorga, G.; Álvarez-Carretero, S.; Dos Reis, M.; Struebig, M.; Deaville, R.; Jepson, P. D.; Jarman, S.; Polanowski, A.; Morin, P. A.; Rossiter, S. J. (2019). Phylogenomic resolution of the cetacean tree of life using target sequence capture. <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 69(3): 479-501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz068
note: RE family validity, refer note [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Gray Whale . Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Quaternary (Pleistocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Subfamily According to McGowen et al., 2019, the sole extant member of this family, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is "firmly nested within Balaenopteridae", so at some point this family may be formally synonymised with the latter. [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Eschrichtidae Miller & Kellogg, 1955)
To WoRMS (from synonym Rachianectidae Weber, 1904)