Chondrichthyes - Harpacanthidae

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

See also Lund and Grogan 2004

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

Subtaxa: Harpacanthus

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Type: Harpacanthus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gilmerton Ironstone (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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