Chondrichthyes - Phoebodontiformes - Phoebodontidae
Full reference: M. E. Williams. 1985. The "Cladodont level" sharks of the Pennsylvanian black shales of central North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 190:83-158
Parent taxon: Phoebodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Duncan 2003, Ginter et al. 2008, Ivanov 1999, Nelson et al. 2016, Williams 1985 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxon: Jalodontidae
Subtaxa: Diademodus Phoebodus Thrinacodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Iowa)
• Devonian of Australia (3), Belarus (1), China (1), Iran (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (7)
Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences