†family Falcatidae Zangerl 1990 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae
Parent taxon: Symmoriiformes according to M. Ginter 2018
See also Ginter et al. 2010 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Denaeidae, Kawichthys, Kungurodus, Stemmatias, Symmoriidae
Subtaxa: Damocles Denaea Falcatus Ozarcus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (6)
• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), China (1), Greenland (1), United States (10: Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences