Family Pseudocarcharidae Compagno 1973 (mackerel shark)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarcharidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to L. V. Compagno 2005
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Isurolamna, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Serratolamnidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pseudocarcharidae in the database