†order Bransonelliformes Hampe and Ivanov 2007 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Bransonelliformes
Full reference: O. Hampe and A. Ivanov. 2007. Bransonelliformes - a new order of the Xenacanthimorpha (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Fossil Record 10:190-194
Parent taxon: Xenacanthimorpha according to G. Cuny and L. Stemmerik 2018
See also Ginter et al. 2010, Hampe and Ivanov 2007 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Xenacanthiformes
Subtaxa: Barbclabornia Bransonella
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (68: Arizona, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (8: Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
Total: 80 collections including 87 occurrences