†superorder Hypnosqualea Carvalho and Maisey 1996 (elasmobranch)
Parent taxon: Squalea according to D. Delsate 2003
See also Kriwet 2005 and Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxon: Microtoxodus
Subtaxa: Protospinacidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), Luxembourg (7), Poland (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 24 collections including 29 occurrences