Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Galeomorphi (Superorder) Compagno, 1973

Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 43; Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 58).

Alternative positions

Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 303.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Galeomorphii (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1999: 9.
Galeomorphii (Division) Compagno, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390.

Historical positions

Galeomorphi (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 43.
Galeomorphi (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 57, 68-69, fig. (p. 58).
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26.
Galeomorphi (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 52, 60.
Galeomorphii (Division) Compagno, 1973	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 303.
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
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1984: 251-253.
Galeomorphii (Superorder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.S.V. Compagno, 1982: 853.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	12f;52g;267s; †4g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 May 2025	[12f;52g]
2018	R. van der Laan: 43	[9f]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 73	[8f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 26	8f
1999	L.J.V. Compagno	[8f;48g;216s]
1989	L.J.V. Compagno et al.	8f>209s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno	8f48g193s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno:	[8f;48g;193s]
1982	L.S.V. Compagno: 853	8f;45g;199-201s