Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata

Subsequent entries

Amphibia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Gnathostomata (Infraphylum) Gegenbaur, 1874

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 50).

Alternative positions

Gnathostomata (Subphylum) Gegenbaur, 1874	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238.
†Osteolepidida (Superorder) Boulenger, 1901	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 393.
Tetrapodomorpha (Infraclass) Ahlberg, 1991	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 436. [phylogenetic position]
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812

Historical positions

Gnathostomata (Infraphylum) Gegenbaur, 1874	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 50).
Elpistostegalia ([unranked]) Camp & Allison, 1961	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 436, boxes 3.7 (p. 74), 4.1 (p. [89]). [phylogenetic position]
†Osteolepidida (Superorder) Boulenger, 1901	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 393, boxes 3.6, 4.1.
Gnathostomata (Subphylum) Gegenbaur, 1874	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238.
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 327.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present

Systema Naturae 2000

[6c;65o;465f; †2c]