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Pleuroplax

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Taxonomy
Pleuroplax was named by Woodward (1889).

It was assigned to Cochliodontidae by Woodward (1889) and Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Pleuroplax Woodward p. 173
1963Pleuroplax Jordan p. 594

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderCochliodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCochliodontidaeOwen 1867
genusPleuroplax

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.

G. †Pleuroplax Woodward 1889
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Pleuroplax attheyi Barkas 1874
Pleuroplax rankinei Hancock and Atthey 1843
Pleuroplax woodi Davis 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available