Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae
Full reference: M. Siverson. 1999. A new large lamniform shark from the uppermost Gearle Siltstone (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 90:49-66
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Cook et al. 2010, Siverson 1999 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Isurolamna, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Serratolamnidae
Subtaxa: Cardabiodon Dwardius
Type: Cardabiodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), Canada (2: Alberta), India (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Kansas, Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences