Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Long 1992
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhininae, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Scoliodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Costa Rica (2), Germany (1), India (7), the Netherlands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Barbados (2), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Alabama, Georgia, Texas)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences