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Monophyletic taxon:
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Chondrichthyes
Huxley, 1880
- cartilaginous fishes
(fish)
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Natura - nature
..actualia - actual entities
....Mundus - physical world
......naturalia - natural bodies
........Biota (Clade)
..........neomura ([unranked])
............Eukaryota (Domain) - eukaryotes
..............discaria ([unranked])
................dorsates ([unranked])
..................podiates ([unranked])
....................Amorphea (Clade)
......................Obazoa (Clade)
........................Opisthokonta (Clade) - animal-fungal clade
..........................Holozoa (Superkingdom)
............................filozoa ([unranked])
..............................Animalia (Kingdom) - animals
................................Planulozoa (Clade)
..................................Bilateria (Subkingdom) - bilaterians
....................................Nephrozoa (Clade)
......................................Deuterostomia (Infrakingdom)
........................................Chordata (Phylum) - chordates
..........................................Craniata (Subphylum)
............................................Vertebrata (Infraphylum) - vertebrates
..............................................Pan-Gnathostomata (Clade)
................................................Gnathostomata (Superclass) - jawed vertebrates
..................................................Eugnathostomata ([unranked])
....................................................†Acanthodii (Class) - acanthodians
....................................................[Chondrichthyomorphi] (Grade)
....................................................Pan-Osteichthyes (Clade)
....................................................[Teleostomi] (Grade)
....................................................Chondrichthyes (Class) - cartilaginous fishes
......................................................†Akmonistion (Genus)
......................................................†Altholepidiformes (Order)
......................................................†Antarctilamniformes (Order)
......................................................†Bandringidae (Family)
......................................................†Cladoselachimorpha (Superorder)
......................................................[†Coronodontida] (Order)
......................................................[†Ctenacanthida] (Order)
......................................................†Ctenacanthimorpha (Superorder)
......................................................[†Desmiodontida] (Order)
......................................................[Elasmobranchii] (Subclass) - shark-like fishes
......................................................†Elegestolepidida (Order)
......................................................†Emsolepis (Genus)
......................................................†Eucentrurus (Genus)
......................................................Euselachii (Subclass) - sharks, rays, and related fossils
......................................................[Galeomorphii]
......................................................†Gogoselachus (Genus)
......................................................[Holocephali]
......................................................Holocephali (Subclass)
......................................................[Holocephalii] (Subclass)
......................................................[†Iniopterygia] (Order)
......................................................†Leonotus (Genus)
......................................................[†Mongolepidida] (Order)
......................................................†Mongolepidiformes (Order)
......................................................†Odontorhytis (Genus)
......................................................†Omalodontiformes (Order)
......................................................[†Petalodontida] (Order)
......................................................†Phoebodontiformes (Order)
......................................................†Plesioselachus (Genus)
......................................................†Polymerolepidiformes (Order)
......................................................†Polysentoridae (Family)
......................................................†Protodontidae (Family)
......................................................†Pucapampella (Genus)
......................................................†Seretolepis (Genus)
......................................................[Squalomorphii]
......................................................[Subterbranchialia] (Subclass)
......................................................†Tanaodus (Genus)
......................................................[Torpedinoidea] (Order)
......................................................†Vallisia (Genus)
......................................................†Wellingtonellidae (Family)
......................................................†Xenacanthimorpha (Superorder)
Variants
Different rank
:
Chondrichthyes
(Subclass)
Huxley, 1880
Current rank
:
Chondrichthyes
(Megaclass)
Huxley, 1880
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: fig. 1; 10 May 2025.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kraakbeenvissen
Ref:
B. Gardiner et al., 1989
: 301.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
cartilaginous fishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 40.
:
sharks and rays
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: box 3.7 (p. 74).
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