Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Alternative spelling: Eschrichtinae

Full reference: F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves. 1960. Hearing in Cetaceans. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7(1):1-140

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, Balaenoptera, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Diunatans, Megaptera, Megapterinae, Notiocetus, Parabalaenoptera, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Plesiocetus, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus, Pterobalaena, Rorqualus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder