Suborder Squali Müller and Henle 1838 (shark)
Parent taxon: Selacha according to O. P. Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Anacoracoidei, Asterospondyli, Centrobati, Cooperodon, Ctenacanthoidei, Fortscottella, Galeomorphi, Hammondella, Heterodontoidea, Idiacanthus, Kirkella, Moreyella, Notidani, Notidanidae, Notidanoidei, Palaeosquali, Rajae, Rhinae, Rhinoraji, Scyllidae, Spinacidi, Squalimorphi, Statodonti, Tectospondyli, Trirostri, Trygonidae
Subtaxa: Petalodontoidea Squaloidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore