†family Psammodontidae (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Parent taxon: Psammodontiformes according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Apodometes Archaeobatis Astrabodus Dimyleus Homalodus Mazodus Mylacodus Mylax Pinacodus Pleurogomphus Psammodus Rhymodus
Type: Psammodus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Permian of Pakistan (1)
• Carboniferous of Belarus (1), Egypt (1), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (3: Alabama, Montana)
Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences