†order Squatinactiformes Zangerl 1981 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Squatinactiformes
Alternative spelling: Squatinactida
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a
Parent taxon: Cladodontomorphi according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Nelson et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Jalodontidae, Symmoriiformes
Subtaxa: Squatinactidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection) (Carboniferous of Montana)