†family Diplodoselachidae Dick 1981 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Diplodoselachidae

Parent taxon: Xenacanthiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Johnson and Thayer 2009, Lund and Grogan 2004, Nelson et al. 2016 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Xenacanthidae, Xenosynechodontidae

Subtaxa: Dicentrodus Diplodoselache Hagenoselache Lebachacanthus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, Oklahoma)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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