Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Parent taxon: Cochliodontiformes according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Goto and Okura 2004, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Psephodontidae, Solenodus
Subtaxa: Aspidodus Chitonodus Cochliodus Cranodus Crassidonta Cyrtonodus Deltodopsis Deltodus Dichelodus Diplacodus Erismacanthus Helodopsis Icanodus Orthopleurodus Oxytomodus Paecilodus Periplectrodus Platyodus Pleurodus Pleuroplax Poecilodus Rhamphodus Sandalodus Stenopterodus Streblodus Taeniodus Trigonodus Vaticinodus Venustodus Xenodus Xystrodus
Type: Cochliodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Japan (1), Oman (5), Pakistan (5), Thailand (1), United States (6: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (18), United States (17: Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 58 collections including 92 occurrences