Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Chondrostei (Subclass) Müller, 1844

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 92.

Alternative positions

Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 859.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.
Chondrostei (Series) Müller, 1844
Chondrostei (Superdivision) Müller, 1844	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 391.
Chondrostei (Superorder) Müller, 1844
Chondrostei (Infraclass) Müller, 1844	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 603.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 307.

Historical positions

Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.
Chondrostei (Subclass) Müller, 1844	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 92-93.
Chondrostei (Superdivision) Müller, 1844	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 391, fig. 7.7.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 307.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: 1998
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
Chondrostei (Infraclass) Müller, 1844	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 603.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 859; 1114.
Chondrostei (Infraclass) Müller, 1844	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 681.
Chondrostei (Superorder) Müller, 1844	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;6g;28s;4ss; †2f;11g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2f;6g;28s;4ss; †2f;11g]
2004-2016	W.N. Eschmeyer	[2f]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 27	2f
2005	M.J. Benton	[2f]
2000		27s
1998	W.N. Eschmeyer	2f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 603	[2f; †2f]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 859	2f;[6g;25s]
1973-1975	B. Grzimek	2f6g27s; †1f