†family Belantseidae Lund 1989 (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae
Full reference: R. Lund. 1989. New petalodonts (Chondrichthyes) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone (Namurian E₂b) of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):350-368
Parent taxon: Petalodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Lund 1989
Sister taxa: Janassidae, Paracymatodus, Petalodontidae, Pristodontidae, Serratodus
Subtaxa: Belantsea Ctenoptychius Netsepoye
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (9), United States (4: Kansas, Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences