Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes
Parent taxon: Acipenseriformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Acipenseridae, Acipenseristomi, Chondrosteoidei, Eochondrosteus, Errolichthyidae, Polyodontidae, Saurichthidae
Subtaxa: Cylindracanthus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Belgium (5), Italy (1), Mali (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Senegal (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (27: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland , Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (1)
• Tertiary of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Arkansas)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Niger (2), Spain (1), United States (8: Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 68 collections including 75 occurrences