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Elasmobranchii (elasmobranch)

Taxonomy
Elasmobranchii was named by Bonaparte (1838). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Duffin (2001) and Soto et al. (2012) and Pinheiro et al. (2013).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Elasmobranchii by Säve-Söderbergh (1934).

It was assigned to Pisces by Eastman (1904) and Andrews (1906); to Gnathostomata by Säve-Söderbergh (1934); and to Chondrichthyes by Fedorowski (1912), Daly (1973), Case (1979), Zangerl (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Thies (1983), Duffin and Ward (1983), Williams (1985), Schultze (1985), Lund (1985), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Cappetta (1987), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Murry (1989), Duffin (1993), Long et al. (1993), Dica et al. (1996), Duffin (1998), Williams (1998), Heidtke (1998), Ivanov (1999), Duffin (2001), Marss and Gagnier (2001), Williams (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Duncan (2003), Duncan (2004), Everhart (2004), Kriwet (2005), Everhart (2007), Kriwet et al. (2007), Marsili et al. (2007), Pereira and Medeiros (2008), Adnet et al. (2008), Kriwet (2008), Hairapetian et al. (2008), Kriwet et al. (2009), Ehret et al. (2009), Ginter et al. (2010), Cook et al. (2011), Long (2011), Ehret et al. (2012), Soto et al. (2012) and Pinheiro et al. (2013).

Subtaxa
Adamantina, Annulicorona, Antarctilamniformes, Arduodens, Carcharopsis, Carinasubcorona, Celtiberina, Changxingselache, Cladodontida, Cladodontomorphi, Cladoselachida, Cladoselachii, Cladoselachimorpha, Coronodontida, Euselachiformes, Fragilicorona, Galea, Galeiformes, Glabrisubcorona, Gondwanodus, Holocephali, Ichtyotomi, Jalodontidae, Kannathalepididae, Labrilancea, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Lobaticorona, Meishanselache, Omalodontiformes, Ornathiliabrilance, Orodontida, Osteodonti, Parvicorona, Phoebodontiformes, Plesioselachus, Pleuracanthidae, Pleuracanthodii, Pristiorajea, Protodontidae, Pseudodalatiidae, Sacrisubcorona, Serratocorona, Siamodus, Xenacanthida, Xenacanthimorpha
Sister taxa
Bradyodonti, Euchondrocephali, Subterbranchialia

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Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Elasmobranchii Bonaparte
1904Elasmobranchii Eastman p. 71
1906Elasmobranchii Andrews p. 317
1912Elasmobranchii Fedorowski p. 55
1921Cladodus wildungensis Jaekel
1934Elasmobranchii Säve-Söderbergh p. 17
1937Cladodus hassiacus Gross
1973Elasmobranchii Daly p. 564
1979Elasmobranchii Case p. 79
1981Elasmobranchii Thurmond and Jones p. 36
1981Elasmobranchii Zangerl p. 50
1983Elasmobranchii Duffin and Ward p. 839
1983Elasmobranchii Thies p. 10
1985Elasmobranchii Lund p. 2
1985Elasmobranchii Schultze p. 6 figs. 2-3
1985Elasmobranchii Williams p. 88
1987Elasmobranchii Cappetta p. 27
1987Elasmobranchii Kumar and Loyal p. 62
1988Elasmobranchii Case and Schwimmer p. 291
1989Elasmobranchii Murry p. 250
1993Elasmobranchii Duffin p. 7
1993Elasmobranchii Long et al. p. 655
1996Elasmobranchii Dica et al. p. 118
1998Elasmobranchii Duffin p. 160
1998Elasmobranchii Heidtke p. 137
1998Elasmobranchii Williams p. 251
1999Elasmobranchii Ivanov p. 271
2001Elasmobranchii Duffin
2001Elasmobranchii Marss and Gagnier
2001Elasmobranchii Peng et al. p. 5
2001Elasmobranchii Williams p. 215
2003Elasmobranchii Duncan p. 114
2004Elasmobranchii Duncan p. 419
2004Elasmobranchii Everhart
2005Elasmobranchii Kriwet
2007Elasmobranchii Everhart p. 226
2007Elasmobranchii Kriwet et al.
2007Elasmobranchii Marsili et al. p. 30
2008Elasmobranchii Adnet et al. p. 713
2008Elasmobranchii Hairapetian et al. p. 174
2008Elasmobranchii Kriwet p. 236
2008Elasmobranchii Pereira and Medeiros p. 209
2009Elasmobranchii Ehret et al. p. 3
2009Elasmobranchii Kriwet et al. p. 320
2010Elasmobranchii Ginter et al. p. 27
2011Elasmobranchii Cook et al.
2011Elasmobranchii Long p. 242
2012Elasmobranchii Ehret et al. p. 1145
2012Elasmobranchii Soto et al.
2013Elasmobranchii Pinheiro et al.

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