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 Fecundosquama Nostolepis Sabrinacanthus Sevyacanthus Vernicomacanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belarus (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia), China (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (3), France (1), Iran (1), Latvia (2), New Zealand (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (10), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (10: Nevada, Utah)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (4), Estonia (12), Greenland (1), Lithuania (6), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 76 collections including 106 occurrences