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, Nelson et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984 and Young 1997
Sister taxa: Chondrichthiomorphi, Eugnathostomata, Ichthyes, Janusiscus, Minjinia, Osteichthyes, Placodermiomorphi, Plectrodus, Qilinyu, Ramirosuarezia, Thelodonti, Xiushanosteus
Subtaxa: Acanthodii Bradyodontida Cladoselachimorpha Clamydoselachidae Ctenacanthimorpha Ctenoptychius ordii Desmiodontida Doliodus Duplisuggestus Elasmobranchii Elegestolepis Eucentrurus Fasciodus Geisacanthus Gladbachus Gogoselachus Gracilisuggestus Holocephali Holocephalimorpha Iniopterygia Kathemacanthidae Leonotus Machichnus Mongolepidida Obtusacanthus Plesioselachus Polymerolepidiformes Proprigalea Ptomacanthus Pucapampellidae Pucapumpella Qianodus Rhinobatiformes Shenacanthus Simmorius Sinacanthida Subterbranchialia Thaumatacanthus Yuanolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore