†family Diplodoselachidae Dick 1981 (cartilaginous fish)
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Diplodoselachidae
Parent taxon: Xenacanthiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Ginter et al. 2010, Johnson and Thayer 2009, Lund and Grogan 2004, Nelson et al. 2016 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxon: Xenacanthidae
Subtaxa: Dicentrodus Diplodoselache Hagenoselache Lebachacanthus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Illinois, Oklahoma)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence