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Cestraciontes (disused)

Chondrichthyes - Cestraciontes

Taxonomy
Cestraciontes was named as an order.

It was reranked as the suborder Cestracionti by Jaekel (1911).

It was assigned to Selachii by Jaekel (1911); and to Selachii by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Cestracionti Jaekel p. 57
1963Cestraciontes Jordan p. 592

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
subclassSelachii
orderCestraciontes
orderCestraciontes

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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Invalid names: Janassides [empty], Prosarthri [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available