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Taxon:
Subclass
Elasmobranchii
Bonaparte, 1838
- shark-like fishes
(fish)
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Chondrichthyes (Class) - cartilaginous fishes
..†Akmonistion (Genus)
..†Altholepidiformes (Order)
..†Antarctilamniformes (Order)
..†Bandringidae (Family)
..†Cladoselachimorpha (Superorder)
..[†Coronodontida] (Order)
..[†Ctenacanthida] (Order)
..†Ctenacanthimorpha (Superorder)
..[†Desmiodontida] (Order)
..†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)
..[Elasmobranchii] (Subclass) - shark-like fishes
....[†Cladoselachida] (Order)
....[†Cladoselachimorpha] (Infraclass)
....[†Edestida] (Order)
....[†Eugeneodontida] (Order)
....[Euselachii] (Order)
....[Euselachii] (Superorder)
....[Euselachii] (Cohort) - spined sharks and relatives
....[Euselachii] (Infraclass) - sharks and rays, and related fossils
....[†Helicoprionida] (Order)
....[†Lugalepidida] (Order)
....[Neoselachii] (Order)
....[†Orodontida] (Order)
....[†Squatinactida] (Order)
....[†unnamed] (Infraclass)
....†Venustodus (Genus)
....[†Xenacanthimorpha] (Infraclass)
Variants
Current rank
:
Elasmobranchii
(Class)
Bonaparte, 1838
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025); [<1 Mar 2025].
[inferred]
Current rank
:
Elasmobranchii
(Infraclass)
Bonaparte, 1838
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 56; 24 Mar 2025.
[inferred]
Current rank
:
Elasmobranchii
(Infraclass)
Bonaparte, 1838
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 40; 3 May 2024.
[inferred]
Former rank
:
Elasmobranchii
(Class)
Bonaparte, 1838
Former rank
:
Elasmobranchii
(Infraclass)
Bonaparte, 1838
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
plaatkieuwigen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
:
haaien en roggen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
shark-like fishes
Ref:
L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025