†order Menaspiformes (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes
Parent taxon: Holocephalomorpha according to J. A. Long 2011
See also Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Chimaeriformes, Chondrenchelyiformes, Cochliodontiformes, Copodontiformes, Psammodontiformes, Squalorajiformes
Subtaxa: Deltoptychiidae Menaspidae Traquairiidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (8 collections)
• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences