†superorder Squalea Shirai 1996 (elasmobranch)
Parent taxon: Neoselachii according to D. Delsate 2003
See also Carnevale 2007, Delsate et al. 2002, Kriwet 2005 and Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Anachronistidae, Batoidea, Batomorphii, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Hopleacanthus, Mcmurdodontidae, Nanocetorhinus, Odontorhytis, Ostenoselachidae, Palaeocarcharidae, Rhomaleodus, Selachii, Squalomorphii, Squatinomorphii, Synechodontiformes, Vallisodus
Subtaxa: Hypnosqualea Microtoxodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore