Family Leptochariidae (ground shark)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Carcharhinidae, Corysodon, Florenceodontidae, Galeocerdidae, Hemigaleidae, Platyrhizodon, Proscylliidae, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Triakidae
Subtaxa: Leptocharias
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (5 collections), Tunisia (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence