Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
       Order Lamniformes Berg, 1958 - mackerel sharks
         1 Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839 - sand tiger sharks
         2 Family Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 - goblin sharks
         3 Family Lamnidae Bonaparte, 1835 - mackerel sharks
         4 Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1861 - basking sharks
         5 Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1835 - thresher sharks