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Eschrichtiidae; Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Mysticeti
Superfamily:	Balaenopteroidea
Family:	Eschrichtiidae; Ellerman & Morrisson-Scott, 1951
Genera
	†Archaeschrichtius; †Eschrichtioides; Eschrichtius; †Gricetoides;
Synonyms
	Rhachianectidae Weber, 1904;

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Eschrichtiidae is a family of baleen whales in the suborder Mysticeti. Only one species is still extant, the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. However, the family also includes the fossil genera Archaeschrichtius from the Miocene and Eschrichtioides from the Pliocene of Italy^[1] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina.^[2]

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 |subordo = [[Mysticeti]]
 |superfamilia = [[Balaenopteroidea]]
-|familia = Eschrichtiidae
+|familia = '''Eschrichtiidae'''
 |familia_authority = Ellerman & Morrisson-Scott, 1951
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 * ''[[Eschrichtius]]''
 * †''[[Gricetoides]]''
-* †''[[Megapteropsis]]''
 |synonyms=
 *Rhachianectidae <small>Weber, 1904</small>
 }}
-'''''Eschrichtiidae''''' is a [[family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[baleen]] [[whale]]s in the suborder [[Mysticeti]].<ref name="PBDB">[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42976&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database Eschrichtiidae entry] Accessed on 24 December 2010</ref>
+'''Eschrichtiidae''' is a [[family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[baleen]] [[whale]]s in the suborder [[Mysticeti]]. Only one species is still extant, the [[gray whale]], ''Eschrichtius robustus''. However, the family also includes the fossil genera ''[[Archaeschrichtius]]'' from the Miocene and ''[[Eschrichtioides]]'' from the Pliocene of Italy<ref>{{cite doi|10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00374.x}}</ref> and ''[[Gricetoides]]'' from the Pliocene of North Carolina.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0021295}}</ref>
-At least five [[genera]] are recognised, but only a single species from one genus is still alive, the [[gray whale]],''Eschrichtius robustus''.
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+[[Category:Pliocene cetaceans]]
+[[Category:Pleistocene cetaceans]]
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