Chondrichthyes - Phoebodontiformes
Parent taxon: Elasmobranchii according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Ginter et al. 2008, Hairapetian et al. 2008 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Amelacanthus, Annulicorona, Antarctilamniformes, Aporomicrodus, Arduodens, Carcharopsis, Carinasubcorona, Celtiberina, Cestraciontidae, Changxingselache, Cladodontomorphi, Cladodontomorphii, Cladodus hassiacus, Cladodus wildungensis, Cladoselachida, Cladoselachii, Complanicorona, Coniunctio, Coronodontida, Eunemacanthus, Euselachiformes, Euselachii, Fragilicorona, Galeiformes, Glabrisubcorona, Gondwanodus, Ichthyodorulites, Kannathalepididae, Labascicorona, Labrilancea, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Listracanthidae, Lobaticorona, Meishanselache, Minuticorona, Myliobatiformes, Omalodontiformes, Oniscina, Ornathiliabrilance, Ornatilabrilancea, Orodontida, Osteodonti, Parvicorona, Parvidiabolus, Parviscapha, Physonemus, Plagiostomi, Platylithophycus, Pleuracanthidae, Pleuracanthodii, Pristiorajea, Proselachii, Protodontidae, Raineria, Rosaodus, Rugosicorona, Sacrisubcorona, Selachii, Selachimorpha, Serratocorona, Siamodus, Suaviloquentia, Undulaticorona, Xenacanthida, Xenacanthimorpha
Subtaxa: Jalodus Phoebodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Iowa)
• Devonian of Australia (3), China (1), Iran (2), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (7)
Total: 26 collections including 31 occurrences