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Taxon: Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
Status: extant
   actualia - actual entities
  Status: extant
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
    Status: extant
       naturalia - natural bodies
      Status: extant
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrial & aerial); Period: Archean - Present (3770 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Archean - Present (3420 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1650 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                  Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                    Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1400 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                      Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1010 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (1010 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present [2500 Mya - present]; Status: extant
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (760 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Proterozoic - Present (760 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                Status: extant
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                  Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Ediacaran - Present (567 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                    Period: Ediacaran - Present (558 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                      Period: Ediacaran - Present (555 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Period: Ediacaran - Present (555 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                          Status: extant
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                            Period: Early Cambrian - Present (518 - 0 Mya); Status: extant
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                              Status: extant
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                Status: extant
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                  Status: extant
                                                     [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                    Distribution: Pacific (marine); Status: extant
                                                       Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils
                                                      Status: extant
                                                         Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                                                        Status: extant
                                                           Division Selachii - sharks
                                                          Status: extant
                                                             Superorder Galeomorphi Compagno, 1973
                                                            Status: extant
                                                               Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks
                                                              Distribution: Atlantic, Indian & Pacific Ocean (marine, brackish & freshwater); Status: extant
                                                                 1 Suborder Scyliorhinoidei [monotypic]
                                                                Status: extant
                                                                 2 Suborder Carcharhinoidei
                                                                Status: extant

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