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†order Iniopterygiformes Zangerl and Case 1973 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygiformes

Parent taxon: Holocephali according to R. van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Chimaeri, Debeeriformes, Debeeriiformes, Delphyodontos, Desmiodontidae, Desmiodus, Edaphodus, Eugeneodontiformes, Gregoriidae, Harpacanthidae, Helodontiformes, Holocephalomorpha, Lagarodontidae, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Orodontiformes, Paraselachiamorpha, Paraselachimorpha, Petalodontiformes, Thoralodus, Trachyacanthi, Cynopodius, Mesolophodus, Euglossodus, Metaxyacanthus, Ageleodus, Pseudodontichthyidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hansen quarry, quarry 6, Wea Shale (Carboniferous of Nebraska)

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