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Monophyletic taxon: Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                       Genus †Eucentrurus Traquair, 1901
                                                       Genus †Leonotus Britton, 1986
                                                       Genus †Odontorhytis Böhm, 1926
                                                       Genus †Tanaodus St. John & Worthen, 1875
                                                       Genus †Vallisia Duffin, 1982, nom. illeg.
                                                       .1 Genus †Akmonistion Coates & Sequeira, 2001
                                                       01 ?Genus †Emsolepis Turner, 2004
                                                       02 ?Genus †Seretolepis Karatajute-Talimaa, 1968
                                                       03 ?Family †Wellingtonellidae Märss, Wilson & Thorsteinsson, 2002 [monotypic]
                                                       04 ?Order †Altholepidiformes Andreev, Coates, Shelton, Cooper, Smith & Sansom, 2015
                                                       05 ?Order †Elegestolepidida Andreev, Coates, Karatajute-Talimaa, Shelton, Cooper & Sansom, 2017
                                                       06 ?Order †Mongolepidiformes
                                                       07 Family †Polysentoridae Zangerl, 1979, incertae sedis
                                                       08 [stem] Genus †Gogoselachus Long et al., 2015
                                                       09 [stem] Genus †Plesioselachus Anderson, Long, Gess & Hiller, 1999
                                                       10 [stem] Genus †Pucapampella Janvier & Suarez-Riglos, 1986
                                                       11 [stem] Family †Protodontidae Woodward, 1932
                                                       12 [stem] Family †Bandringidae Zangerl, 1969
                                                       13 [stem] Order †Polymerolepidiformes [monotypic]
                                                       14 [stem] Order †Omalodontiformes Turner, 1997
                                                       15 [stem] Order †Antarctilamniformes Ginter et al., 2008
                                                       16 [stem] Order †Phoebodontiformes Ginter, Hairapetian & Klug, 2002
                                                       17 Superorder †Cladoselachimorpha
                                                       18 Superorder †Ctenacanthimorpha
                                                       19 Superorder †Xenacanthimorpha
                                                       20.1 Subclass Holocephali Bonaparte, 1832
                                                       20.2 Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils

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