Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 43:649-662
Parent taxon: Gnathostomata according to M. Richter et al. 2017
See also Barnes 1998, Dineley and Metcalf 1999, Fourriére et al. 2014, Huxley 1880, Long 2011, Meyer and Zardoya 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Young 1997
Sister taxa: Chondrichthiomorphi, Lupopsyroides, Obtusacanthus, Osteichthyes, Placodermiomorphi, Plectrodus, Qilinyu, Teleostomi, Thelodonti
Subtaxa: Ancistriodus Anodontacanthus Areyonga Batacanthus Batomorphii Bradyodontida Ctenoptychius ordii Desmiodontida Duplisuggestus Elasmobranchii Elegestolepis Eucentrurus Ewingia Fasciodus Galeorhinidae Geisacanthus Gracilisuggestus Hamatus Holocephali Holocephalimorpha Iniopterygia Leonotus Machichnus Mongolepididae Proprigalea Ptomacanthus Pucapumpella Rhinobatiformes Simmorius Stemmatias Subterbranchialia Thaumatacanthus Xystracanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore