Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
       Order Orectolobiformes Compagno, 1973 - carpet sharks
         1 Family Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle, 1841 - whale sharks
         2 Family Ginglymostomatidae Gill, 1862 - nurse sharks