†family Spathobatidae Dames 1888 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Spathobatidae
Parent taxon: Batomorphi according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Archaeobatidae, Arthropteridae, Belemnobatidae, Enantiobatis, Myliobatiformes, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes, Sclerorhynchiformes, Torpediniformes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spathobatidae in the database