Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                    
 Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                      
 Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                        
 Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                          
 Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                            
 Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                              
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                
 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                  
 Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                    
 Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                      
 Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                          
 Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                            
 Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                              
 Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                
 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                  
 [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                    
 [stem] Class †Acanthodii Owen, 1846 [paraphyletic] - acanthodians
                                                      
 Genus †Acanthodius
                                                      
 .1 Genus †Gemuendolepis Gross, 1973
                                                      
 .2 Genus †Gomphacanthus Davis, 1884
                                                      
 .3 Genus †Homacanthus Agassiz, 1845
                                                      
 .4 Genus †Nodocosta Gross, 1940
                                                      
 .5 Genus †Nodonchus White, 1961
                                                      
 .6 Genus †Oracanthus Agassiz, 1837
                                                      
 1 Family †Onchidae Jordan, 1923, incertae sedis
                                                      
 2 Family †Machaeracanthidae Burrow & Young, 2005, incertae sedis
                                                      
 3 Family †Sinacanthidae Zhu, 1998, incertae sedis
                                                      
 4 Family †Tchunacanthidae Karatajūtė-Talimaa & Smith, 2003, incertae sedis
                                                      
 5.1 Order †Diplacanthiformes Berg, 1940
                                                      
 5.2.1 Genus †Granulacanthus Hanke, Wilson & Lindoe, 2001, incertae sedis
                                                      
 5.2.2 Order †Ischnacanthiformes Berg, 1940
                                                      
 6.1.1 [plesion] Genus †Paucicanthus Hanke, 2002, sedis mutabilis
                                                      
 6.1.2 [plesion] Genus †Cassidiceps Gagnier & Wilson, 1996, sedis mutabilis
                                                      
 6.1.3.1 [plesion] Genus †Latviacanthus Schultze & Zidek, 1982
                                                      
 6.1.3.2 Order †Acanthodiformesᵀ Berg, 1940
                                                      
 6.2 Order †Climatiiformes Berg, 1940 [paraphyletic]