Family Carcharidae (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Plagiostomi - Carcharidae
Parent taxon: Plagiostomi according to W. Weiler 1938
See also Ameghino 1901
Sister taxa: Eulamiidae, Hexeptranchidae, Narcopterus, Raiae
Subtaxa: Rhaibodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Langental, NE of Bogenfels (Eocene of Namibia)