Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida
Full reference: L. S. Glükman. 1964. Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fishes. Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks). In D. V. Obruchev (ed.), Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. XI. Agnatha, Pisces. Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", Moscow 292-352
Parent taxon: Odontaspidida according to J. Herman 1977
See also Glükman 1964
Sister taxa: Anacoracoidea, Odontaspidoidea, Scapanorhynchoidea
Subtaxa: Isuridae Lamiostomatidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Aruba (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), South Africa (1)
• Neogene of South Pacific (4), United States (3: California, Hawaii)
• Miocene of Australia (4), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Sri Lanka (2), United States (6: Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina)
• Oligocene of Australia (3), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Angola (1), Barbados (1), Egypt (2), Germany (1), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Romania (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey), Uzbekistan (2), Western Sahara (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Montana, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of France (4), Switzerland (1)
Total: 60 collections including 69 occurrences