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Catalog of Fishes

Fishes of the World, fourth Edition (Hardcover)
by Joseph S. Nelson

Freshwater Fish Distribution (Hardcover)
by Tim M. Berra

Sharks of the World (Princeton Field Guides) (Paperback)
by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler

Fossil infomation of chondrichthyes
Underwood, C. J. 2006.
Diversification of the Neoselachii (Chondrichthyes) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
Paleobiology 32:215-235.

Klug, S. 2010.
Monophyly, phylogeny and systematic position of the dagger Synechodontiformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii). Zoologica Scripta 39:37-49.


Divergence time estimation of chondrichthyes
Inoue JG, et al. 2010.
Evolutionary origin and phylogeny of the modern holocephalans (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes): a mitogenomic perspective. Mol Biol Evol 27: 2576-2586.

Kriwet, J., W. Kiessling, and S. Klug. 2009.
Diversification trajectories and evolutionary life-history traits in early sharks and batoids. Proc Biol Sci 276:945-51.

Heinicke, M. P., Naylor, G. P. & Hedges, S. B. 2009
Cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes). In The timetree of life (ed. S. B. Hedges & S. Kumar), pp. 320-327. New York: Oxford University Press.


Phylogenetic relationships of chondrichthyes
Li CH, Matthes-Rosana KA, Garcia M, Naylor GJP 2012. Phylogenetics of Chondrichthyes and the problem of rooting phylogenies with distant outgroups. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 365-373.

Vélez-Zuazo, X, I Agnarsson. 2010. Shark tales: A molecular species-level phylogeny of sharks (Selachimorpha, Chondrichthyes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Musick J.A. and J.K. Ellis. 2005.
Reproductive Evolution of Chondrichthyes. pp. 45-79. In: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras. William C. Hamlett. ed. Science Publishers, Inc. Plymouth, UK. PDF.

Douady CJ, Dosay M, Shivji MS, et al. 2003
Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 26 (2): 215-221.


Phylogenetics of elasmobranchs
Naylor, G.J.P., J.N. Caira, K. Jensen, K.A.M. Rosana, N. Straube, and C. Lakner. (2012)
Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A mitochondrial estimate based on 595 species. In J.C. Carrier, J.A. Musick and M.R. Heithaus (editors), The Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. 31-56. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. PDF.

Li CH, et al. 2012.
Phylogenetics of Chondrichthyes and the problem of rooting phylogenies with distant outgroups. Mol Phylogen Evol 63: 365-373. doi: Doi 10.1016/J.Ympev.2012.01.013

Naylor, G. J. P., Ryburn, J. A., Fedrigo, O., and Lopez, A. 2005
Phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of sharks and rays deduced from multiple genes.
In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyans (Sharks, skates, stingrays and chimaeras).
W. Hamlett and B. Jamieson Eds. Univ. Queensland Press.

Winchell CJ, Martin AP, Mallatt J
Phylogeny of elasmobranchs based on LSU and SSU ribosomal RNA genes
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 31 (1): 214-224 APR 2004

Douady CJ, Dosay M, Shivji MS, et al.
Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 26 (2): 215-221 FEB 2003

Kitamura T, Takemura A, Watabe S, et al.
Molecular phylogeny of the sharks and rays of superorder Squalea based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene
FISHERIES SCIENCE 62 (3): 340-343 JUN 1996

de Carvalho, M. R. 1996.
Higher-level elasmobranch phylogeny, basal squaleans, and paraphyly.
In: M. L. J. Stiassney, L. R. Parenti, and D. Johnson (eds), Interrelationships of fishes.
Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 35-62.

Shirai, S. 1996.
Phylogenetic interrelationships of neoselachians (Chondrichthyes: Euselachii).
In: M. L. J. Stiassny, L. R. Parenti and G. D. Johnson (eds). Interrelationships of fishes.
Academic Press San Diego. Pp. 9-34.

Shirai, S. 1992.
Squalean phylogeny: a new framework of "squaloid" sharks and related taxa.
Sapporo, Hokkaido University Press. 151 pp.

Phylogenetics of triakids
Lopez JA, Ryburn JA, Fedrigo O, et al.
Phylogeny of sharks of the family Triakidae (Carcharhiniformes) and its implications for the evolution of carcharhiniform placental viviparity
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 40 (1): 50-60 JUL 2006


Divergence time estimation for batoids
Aschliman N.C., et al. 2011.
Body plan convergence and diversity shaped by mass extinction in the evolution of skates and rays (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Mol Phylogen Evol.