Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Parent taxon: Squaliformes according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024
See also Adnet et al. 2008, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Nelson et al. 2016, Underwood 2006 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Centropterus, Dalatiidae, Dalatioidea, Etmopteridae, Fredipristis, Gibbechinorhinus, Oxynotidae, Paraechinorhinus, Pseudoechinorhinus, Scymnorhinidae, Somniosidae, Squalidae, Squalogaleus
Subtaxa: Centrodeania Centrophorus Deania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Barbados (1), France (1), Jordan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), New Zealand (4), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Lebanon (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences