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Taxon: Order Lamniformes Berg, 1958 - mackerel sharks (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                       Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils
                                                         Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                                                           Division Selachii - sharks
                                                             Superorder Galeomorphi Compagno, 1973
                                                               Order Lamniformes Berg, 1958 - mackerel sharks
                                                                 01 Genus †Cretodus Sokolov, 1965, incertae sedis
                                                                 02 Genus †Dwardius Siverson, 1999, incertae sedis
                                                                 03 Genus †Palaeocarcharodon Casier, 1960, incertae sedis
                                                                 04 Genus †Paranomotodon Herman, 1975, incertae sedis
                                                                 05 Genus †Priscusurus Kriwet, 2006, incertae sedis
                                                                 06 Genus †Trigonotodus Kozlov, 1999, incertae sedis
                                                                 07 Family †Haimirichiidae Vullo, Guinot & Barbe, 2016
                                                                 08 Family †Otodontidae Glickman, 1964
                                                                 09 Family †Xiphodolamiidae Glickman, 1964
                                                                 10 Family †Cardabiodontidae Siverson, 1999
                                                                 11 Family †Cretoxyrhinidae Glickman, 1958
                                                                 12 Family †Archaeolamnidae Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010
                                                                 13 Family †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae Herman, 1979
                                                                 14 Family †Anacoracidae Casier, 1947
                                                                 15 Family †Pseudocoracidae Cappetta, 2012
                                                                 16 Family †Paraisuridae Herman, 1979
                                                                 17 Family †Serratolamnidae Landemaine, 1991
                                                                 18 Family †Eoptolamnidae Kriwet, Klug, Canudo & Cuenca-Bescós, 2008
                                                                 19 Family Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 - goblin sharks
                                                                 20.1 Family Carchariidae Müller & Henle, 1838 [monotypic] - sand tigers
                                                                 20.2 Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839 - sand tiger sharks
                                                                 21 Family Pseudocarchariidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 [monotypic] - crocodile sharks
                                                                 22 Family Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 [monotypic] - megamouth sharks
                                                                 23 Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1835 [monotypic] - thresher sharks
                                                                 24 Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1861 [monotypic] - basking sharks
                                                                 25 Family Lamnidae Bonaparte, 1835 - mackerel sharks

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