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Euselachii 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 563987

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Superorder  
  Synonym(s): Selachimorpha
 
    Pleurotremata
 
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
    Direct Children:  
                               OrderCarcharhiniformes  – ground sharks 
                               OrderHeterodontiformes  – bullhead sharks 
                               OrderHexanchiformes Compagno, 1973 – cow sharks, frilled sharks 
                               OrderLamniformes  – mackerel sharks 
                               OrderMyliobatiformes  – stingrays 
                               OrderOrectolobiformes  – gatas nodrizas, requins-tapis, tiburones tapiceros, carpet sharks 
                               OrderPristiformes   
                               OrderPristiophoriformes  – saw sharks 
                               OrderRajiformes  – rays, sawfishes, skates, poissons-scie, raies 
                               OrderRhiniformes   
                               OrderRhinobatiformes  – guitarfishes 
                               OrderSqualiformes Compagno, 1973 – dogfish sharks 
                               OrderSquatiniformes   
                               OrderTorpediniformes   
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Euselachii   
       

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