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Taxon: Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates (vertebrate)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata

Current position

Pan-Gnathostomata (Clade) Downs 2020 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 34; Downs, 2020: [669]; Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 14). [inferred]

Alternative positions

Myopterygii ([unranked]) Janvier, 1978 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 16.
Vertebrata (Infraphylum) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 26; Nelson et al., 2016: fig. (p. 14).
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812 Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1980: 307.

Historical positions

Vertebrata (Infraphylum) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 26.
Vertebrata (Infraphylum) Lamarck, 1801 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 34, fig. (p. 14).
Myopterygii ([unranked]) Janvier, 1978 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 16, 34-35, fig. (p. 20).
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812 Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1980: 307.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6c;147o;1111f;9840g;61,573s;12,691ss;306v;1; ‡2o;19f;115g;413s;102ss;1v; †2c;218o;1315f;7524g;3192s;68ss;1v;104
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [6c; †2c]
2016 J.S. Nelson et al.: 36 [2c];~48,100s[; †2c]
1980 R.C. van Caenegem et al.: 307 [6c; †2c]
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