The PEDIGREE of
Subclass Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)

 "Child(ren)":       Infraclass Euselachii (Sharks and Rays)   ;   Cladoselachimorpha (extinct)   ;   Xenacanthimorpha (extinct)   ;   other extinct orders
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/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Animals)   +====> [ 57]
/   / OR: Opisthokonts [Cavalier-Smith model]   +====> [ 67]
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates  (570 M BC)
/   / or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Deuterostomia (Chordates, Echinoderms, & kin)
/-- Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets)
/-- Clade Craniata
/-- Subphylum Vertebrata  (510 M BC - ?)
/-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
/-- Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)  (400 M BC)
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- Subclass Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchildren:''       Order Orectolobiformes (Carpet Sharks)   ;   Order Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)   ;   Order Carcharhiniformes (Groundsharks)   ;   Order Squaliformes (Dogfish sharks & kin)   ;   Suborder Myliobatoidei (Stingrays)
 
  ``8-Great Grandchild:''       Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
 

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