Chondrichthyes - Phoebodontiformes
Parent taxon: Chondrichthyes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Ginter et al. 2010, Ginter et al. 2008, Hairapetian et al. 2008 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Altholepidiformes, Antarctilamniformes, Bandringidae, Bradyodontida, Cladoselachimorpha, Clamydoselachidae, Ctenacanthimorpha, Ctenoptychius ordii, Desmiodontida, Doliodus, Duplisuggestus, Elegestolepidida, Eucentrurus, Euselachii, Fasciodus, Geisacanthus, Gladbachus, Gogoselachus, Gracilisuggestus, Holocephali, Holocephalimorpha, Iniopterygia, Kathemacanthidae, Leonotus, Machichnus, Mongolepidida, Mongolepidiformes, Obtusacanthus, Omalodontiformes, Palaeospondylidae, Plesioselachus, Polymerolepidiformes, Polysentoridae, Proprigalea, Protodontidae, Ptomacanthus, Pucapampellidae, Pucapumpella, Qianodus, Rhinobatiformes, Shenacanthus, Simmorius, Sinacanthida, Subterbranchialia, Thaumatacanthus, Wellingtonellidae, Xenacanthimorpha, Yuanolepis
Subtaxa: Jalodontidae Phoebodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (6), United States (24: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Greenland (1), Ireland (3), the Russian Federation (3), United States (1: Iowa)
• Devonian of Australia (3), China (1), Iran (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (7)
Total: 59 collections including 67 occurrences