Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Parent taxon: Chimaeroidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942, Martin and Crame 2006, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Popov et al. 2020, Rapp 1946, Underwood 2002, Ward and Grande 1991, Woodward 1891 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Anteliochimaera, Callorhinchidae, Callorhinchoidea, Chalcodus, Chimaeroidea, Eomanodon, Rhinochimaeridae
Subtaxa: Bryactinus Canadodus Chimaera Elasmodectes Hedronchus Hydrolagus Isotaenia Leptomylus Mylognathus Similihariotta Sphagepoea
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of France (3)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (4), Switzerland (1), United States (14: New Jersey, Utah)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences