Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Parent taxon: Synechodontiformes according to S. Stumpf and J. Kriwet 2019
See also Duffin and Ward 1993, Itoigawa 1977, Rees 2000 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Keichouodus, Mucrovenator, Palaeospinacidae, Paraorthacodontidae, Parascylloides, Polyfaciodus, Rhomphaiodon, Safrodus
Subtaxa: Occitanodus Sphenodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), France (3), India (1), Japan (13), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (3), Poland (5), Sweden (1), Tanzania (1)
• Triassic of France (1)
Total: 40 collections including 44 occurrences