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Taxon: Order Squaliformes Compagno, 1973 - dogfish sharks (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Chondrichthyes

Current position

Squalida (Series) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 57.

Alternative positions

Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 302.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Squalea (Division) (Shirai, 1996) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390.
Squalomorphi (Superorder) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 43; Nelson et al., 2016: fig (p. 58).
Squalomorphii (Superorder) (Compagno, 1973) Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1999: 9.

Historical positions

Squalomorphi (Superorder) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 43.
Squalida (Series) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 57, 75, fig. (p. 58).
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 26.
Squalomorphi (Superorder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 52, 66.
Squalea (Division) (Shirai, 1996) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 390, box 7.2.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 302.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 359.
Chondrichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: 2000
Squalomorphii (Superorder) (Compagno, 1973) Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1999: 9.
Elasmobranchii (Class) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2450.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: 1998
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977 Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Neoselachii (Subcohort) Compagno, 1977 Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1984: 24.
Squalomorphii (Superorder) (Compagno, 1973) Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 833.
Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6f;23g;119s; †1f;2g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 11 May 2025 [6f;23g; †1f]
2018 R. van der Laan: 44 [6f; †1f]
2016 J.S. Nelson et al.: 78 [6f]
2004-2016 W.N. Eschmeyer [4f]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 26 4f
1999 L.J.V. Compagno [7f;22g;97s]
1998 W.N. Eschmeyer 4f
1989 L.J.V. Compagno et al. 3f>83s
1984 L.J.V. Compagno 3f19g73s
1984 L.J.V. Compagno: [3f;19g;73s]
1982 J.D. McEachran: 833 2f;[20g];65-75s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. ~250s
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