Chondrichthyes

class of vertebrate animals (Vertebrata)
Taxon taxon Q25371
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Summary

Chondrichthyes is a taxon[1]. Chondrichthyes ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,235 views/month, #663 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: class[3]
  • Parent taxon: Gnathostomata[4]
  • Taxon name: Chondrichthyes[5]
  • Commons category: Chondrichthyes[6]
  • Temporal range start: Silurian[7]
  • Start time: -430000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chondrichthyes[9]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Taxonomy/Chondrichthyes[12]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • P14541: 1V7dAQ[15]

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Identifiers

Chondrichthyes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 196614[16]. Chondrichthyes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7777[17]. Chondrichthyes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2774522[18]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 159785[19] and 914180[20].

Why It Matters

Chondrichthyes has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Chondrichthyes is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 159785, 914180
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16d ago · Mapenite · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'b
    National library of latvia id → 000287000
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i43082
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01482977-n
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  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1V7dAQ
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  5. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Svkkl authority id → h0005331-paryby
    Temporal range start → Silurian
    Topic's main category → Category:Chondrichthyes
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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