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Leptochariidae

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae

Taxonomy
Leptochariidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Underwood (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Leptochariidae Underwood p. 234
2016Leptochariidae Nelson et al. p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyLeptochariidae
familyLeptochariidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Leptocharias Müller and Henle 1837
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Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008
Leptocharias tunisiensis Adnet et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available