†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: Anachronistiformes, Batoidea, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Eorapax, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Hopleacanthus, Nanocetorhinus, Odontorhytis, Rhomaleodus, Squatinomorphii, Vallisodus
Subtaxa: Hypnosqualea Microtoxodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore