Class Chondrichthyes Huxley 1880 (cartilaginous fish)
Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 43:649-662
Parent taxon: Chondrichthiomorphi according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ancistriodus, Areyonga, Bradyodonti, Bradyodontida, Desmiodontida, Elasmobranchii, Elegestolepis, Eucentrurus, Euchondrocephali, Ewingia, Geisacanthus, Hamatus, Holocephalimorpha, Iniopterygia, Leonotus, Listracanthus, Machichnus, Mongolepididae, Ptomacanthus, Pucapumpella, Rhinobatiformes, Selachii, Simmorius, Subterbranchialia, Thaumatacanthus, Xystracanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore