Elasmobranchii

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclasses: †Cladoselachimorpha - Euselachii - †Hybodonta - †Xenacanthimorpha
Superordines: Rajomorphii - Selachimorpha - †Xenacanthimorpha - incertae sedis
Ordo: †Omalodontiformes
Familia inc. sedis: †Listracanthidae

References

• Douady, C.J.; Dosay, M.; Shivji, M.S.; Stanhope, M.J. 2003: Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 26: 215–221.
• Fernando, D., Bown, R.M.K., Tanna, A., Gobiraj, R., Ralicki, H., Jockusch, E., Ebert, D.A., Jensen, K. & Caira, J.N.. 2019. New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4585(2): 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.1 pdf Reference page. 
• Jones, C.M., Driggers, W.B. III, Castro, J.I. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2015. On the attribution of authorship for several elasmobranch species in Müller and Henle’s Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Zootaxa 4052(5): 569–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Merlo-Serna, A.I. & Garcia-Prieto, L. 2016. A checklist of helminth parasites of Elasmobranchii in Mexico. ZooKeys 563: 73–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.563.6067.Reference page. 
• Torres-Hernández, E., Palacios-Morales, G., Romero-Gallardo, S., Salazar-Araujo, P., García-Meraz, A., Madrigal-Guridi, Z., Del Moral-Flores, L.F. & Dominguez-Domínguez, O. 2016. Annotated checklist of the coastal ichthyofauna from Michoacán State, Mexico. ZooKeys 606: 99–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.606.9004. Reference page. 
• Tyabji, Z., Jabado, R.W. & Sutaria, D. 2018. New records of sharks (Elasmobranchii) from the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in India with notes on current checklists. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e28593. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e28593 Reference page. 
• Winchell, C.J.; Martin, A.P.; Mallatt, J. 2004: Phylogeny of elasmobranchs based on LSU and SSU ribosomal RNA genes. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 31: 214–224.

Vernacular names

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