Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 42.

Alternative positions

Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.
Pisces (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451.

Historical positions

Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 42-43.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: 1998
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 600.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.
Pisces (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;3f;6g;42s; †12o;27f;61g;26s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1o;3f;6g;42s; †12o;27f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 601	[1o;3f; †3o;11f]
1923	D.S. Jordan: 107	[1o;3f; †3f]