#superclass_Agnatha__Agnatha superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
supertype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: #subphylum_Vertebrata
member: #jawless_vertebrate__jawlessvertebrate__jawless_fish__jawlessfish__agnathan eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
member: #order_Ostracodermi__Ostracodermi extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
member: #ostracoderm extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
member: #suborder_Heterostraci__Heterostraci extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fishlike vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear
member: #heterostracan extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian
member: #suborder_Osteostraci__Osteostraci__Cephalaspida__suborder_Cephalaspida extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
member: #osteostracan__cephalaspid extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
member: #order_Anaspida__Anaspida extinct order of jawless vertebrates
member: #anaspid extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian
member: #order_Conodonta__Conodonta__Conodontophorida__order_Conodontophorida extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
member: #conodont small (2 in) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes
member: #order_Cyclostomata__Cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
member: #cyclostome primitive aquatic vertebrate
member: #suborder_Petromyzoniformes__Petromyzoniformes__Hyperoartia__suborder_Hyperoartia lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes
member: #family_Petromyzontidae__Petromyzontidae lampreys
member: #lamprey_eel__lampreyeel__lamprey__lamper_eel primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
member: #genus_Petromyzon__Petromyzon typical lampreys
member: #sea_lamprey__sealamprey__Petromyzon_marinus large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
member: #suborder_Myxiniformes__Myxiniformes__Hyperotreta__suborder_Hyperotreta__Myxinoidei__Myxinoidea__suborder_Myxinoidei hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
member: #family_Myxinidae__Myxinidae slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
member: #hagfish__slime_eels eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
member: #genus_Myxine__Myxine type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)
member: #Myxine_glutinosa typical hagfish
member: #genus_Eptatretus a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae
member: #eptatretus a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
member: #genus_Myxinikela__Myxinikela fossil hagfishes
member: #Myxinikela_siroka fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes
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