†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, Dwykaselachus, Ferromirum, Kawichthys, Kungurodus, Stemmatias, Symmoriidae
Subtaxa: Cosmoselachus Damocles Denaea Falcatus Ozarcus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (6)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), China (1), Greenland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (12: Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 24 collections including 28 occurrences