Taxon profile

subclass

sharks, rays and skates
Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes

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Carcharhinus melanopterus - Black Fin Reef Shark

Author: Milan Kořínek

Orectolobus maculatus - Spotted Wobbegong

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Potamotrygon orbignyi - Anglespot River Stingray

Author: Jan Lukavský (Ševčík)

Included taxa

Number of records: 5

sectio Neoselachii Compagno, 1977
Triassic: Upper Triassic – recent

Fossil taxa

sectio Palaeoselachii ^†
Devonian: Lower Devonian – Triassic: Upper Triassic

sectio Euselachii Hay, 1902 ^†
Devonian: Middle Devonian – Cretaceous: Upper Cretaceous

order Antarctilamniformes Ginter et al., 2008 ^† ^inc.sed.

family Protodontidae Woodward, 1932 ^† ^inc.sed.

Links and literature

Australian Faunal Directory [004341ab-b923-4aa7-a664-e42bb8f9c8c4]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Elasmobranchii]
Data retrieved on: 20 January 2015

Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 1. Sliznatky (Myxini), mihule (Cephalaspidomorphi), paryby (Chondrichthyes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 53 pp. [as Elasmobranchii]
Data retrieved on: 2 June 2013

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^† extinct taxon

^inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon

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