Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
       Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes
         Superorder Euselachii Hay, 1902 see Infraclass Euselachii Hay, 1902
           Order Galeomorpha see Superorder Galeomorphii Compagno, 1973
             Suborder Lamnoidea see Order Lamniformes Berg, 1958
               1 Family Carchariidae Müller & Henle, 1839 see Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839
               2 Family †Cretoxyrhinidae Glikman, 1958
               3 Family †Orthacodontidae de Beaumont, 1960
               4 Family Lamnidae Bonaparte, 1835 - mackerel sharks
               5 Family Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 - goblin sharks
               6 Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1861 - basking sharks
               7 Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1835 - thresher sharks