Eschrichtioides is an extinct genus of eschrichtiid known from the early Pliocene of northern Italy. Its type species, E. gastaldii, had a superfluous taxonomic history, starting as a cetothere, then as an extinct balaenopterid, before being finally recognized as a relative of the gray whale.
Eschrichtioides is an extinct genus of eschrichtiid known from the early Pliocene of northern Italy. Its type species, E. gastaldii, had a superfluous taxonomic history, starting as a cetothere, then as an extinct balaenopterid, before being finally recognized as a relative of the gray whale.