Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to G. R. Case et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Stegostomatidae
Subtaxa: Palaeorhincodon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (3 collections), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (3)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence