Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
     Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
       Order Lamniformes Berg, 1958 - mackerel sharks
         Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839 - sand tiger sharks
           Genus Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810
             Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) - sand tiger shark