†suborder Tectospondyli (shark)
Chondrichthyes - Tectospondyli
Parent taxon: Selachii according to A. S. Woodward 1889
See also Case 1904, Eastman 1904, Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anacoracoidei, Asterospondyli, Centrobati, Cooperodon, Ctenacanthoidei, Fortscottella, Galeomorphi, Hammondella, Heterodontoidea, Idiacanthus, Kirkella, Moreyella, Notidani, Notidanidae, Notidanoidei, Palaeosquali, Rajae, Rhinae, Rhinoraji, Scyllidae, Spinacidi, Squali, Squalimorphi, Statodonti, Trirostri, Trygonidae
Subtaxa: Squaloidei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tectospondyli in the database