†family Pristodontidae Woodward 1889 (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae
Synonym: Peripristidae Eastman 1902
Parent taxon: Petalodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Hansen 1978, Jordan 1963, Lund 1989, Nelson 2006, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Belantseidae, Janassidae, Paracymatodus, Petalodontidae, Serratodus
Subtaxa: Calopodus Davodus Diodontopsodus Hoplodus Megactenopetalus Peripristis Petalorhynchus Pristodus Siksika
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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