Family Carcharodontidae Gill 1892 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Carcharodontidae
Alternative spelling: Carcharodontinae
Parent taxon: Odontaspidoidea according to J. Herman 1977
See also Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Glükman 1964 and Hay 1902
Sister taxon: Jaekelotodontidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharodontidae in the database