Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Chondrichthyes

Current position

Galeomorphi (Superorder) (Compagno, 1973)

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 54.

Alternative positions

Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 302.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26.
Galeomorphii (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1999: 9.
Galeomorphii (Division) Compagno, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390.

Historical positions

Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26.
Galeomorphi (Superorder) (Compagno, 1973)	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 51, 54.
Galeomorphii (Division) Compagno, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 302.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 358.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: 2000
Galeomorphii (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1999: 9.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: 1998
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: [2449].
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1984: 165-166.
Galeomorphii (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.S.V. Compagno, 1982: 845-846.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7f;13g;41s; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[7f;14g;42s]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[7f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 26	7f
1999	L.J.V. Compagno	[7f;14g;32s]
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	[7f;23ng]
1989	L.J.V. Compagno et al.	7f32s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno	7f13g31s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno:	[7f;13g;31s]
1982	L.S.V. Compagno: 846	7f;12g;25-32s