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Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

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

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IRMNG (2021). Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104003 on 2024-03-28
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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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]   
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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]

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