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Class Chondrichthyes Huxley 1880 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes

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, FourriƩre et al. 2014, Huxley 1880, Long 2011, Meyer and Zardoya 2003, Nelson et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984 and Young 1997

Sister taxa: Chondrichthiomorphi, Eugnathostomata, Ichthyes, Osteichthyes, Placodermiomorphi, Plectrodus, Qilinyu, Thelodonti

Subtaxa: Acanthodii Bradyodontida Cladoselachimorpha Clamydoselachidae Ctenacanthimorpha Ctenoptychius ordii Desmiodontida Doliodus Duplisuggestus Elasmobranchii Elegestolepis Eucentrurus Fasciodus Geisacanthus Gogoselachus Gracilisuggestus Holocephali Holocephalimorpha Iniopterygia Kathemacanthidae Leonotus Machichnus Mongolepididae Obtusacanthus Plesioselachus Polymerolepidiformes Proprigalea Ptomacanthus Pucapampella Pucapumpella Rhinobatiformes Simmorius Subterbranchialia Thaumatacanthus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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