Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Parent taxon: Acrodontidae according to M. Romano et al. 2018
See also Murry and Kirby 2002
Sister taxa: Acrodus, Palaeobates, Sinacrodus, Strophodus
Subtaxa: Asteracanthus Reticulodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (9), France (2), Mali (1), Niger (4), Sudan (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Jurassic of France (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Luxembourg (3), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (6)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Madagascar (3)
• Triassic of Switzerland (1), United States (3: Arizona)
• Permian of Iran (1)
• Devonian of United States (1: Kentucky)
Total: 53 collections including 55 occurrences