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iCraniata Fossil range: early Early Cambrian - Recent
Image:Pacific hagfish Myxine.jpg Pacific Hagfish resting on bottom 280 m down off Oregon coast
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (unranked) Craniata
Subphyla
Hyperotreti Vertebrata

Craniata is an unranked group of chordate animals that contains the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata) and hagfish (Myxini), which are sometimes grouped under Vertebrata. Craniata includes all animals with skulls, hence the name.

Recent genetic analysis (see Hagfish) indicates that Myxini should be a part of Vertebrata. In this case Craniata might now be superfluous as a separate clade.

• Myxini (or Hyperotreti)
  • Myxiniformes
    • Myxinidae
• Vertebrata
  • Gnathostomata
    • Chondrichthyes
    • Teleostomi
  • Hyperoartia
    • Petromyzontiformes

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