Chondrichthyes - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Parent taxon: Climatiiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Denison 1979 and Nelson 2006
Sister taxa: Brochoadmonidae, Cassidiceps, Culmacanthidae, Gyracanthidae, Hanilepis, Kathemacanthus, Pruemolepis
Subtaxa: Brachyacanthus Brochoadmones Cheiracanthoides Climatius Erriwacanthus Nostolepis Sabrinacanthus Vernicomacanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (3), France (1), Iran (1), Latvia (2), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Nevada)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (4), Estonia (9), Sweden (1)
Total: 46 collections including 72 occurrences