Parent taxon: Chondrichthyes according to H. C. Bryant 1914
See also Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Altholepidiformes, Antarctilamniformes, Bandringidae, Bradyodontida, Cladoselachimorpha, Clamydoselachidae, Ctenacanthimorpha, Ctenoptychius ordii, Desmiodontida, Doliodus, Duplisuggestus, Elasmobranchii, Elegestolepidida, Eucentrurus, Fasciodus, Gladbachus, Gogoselachus, Gracilisuggestus, Holocephali, Holocephalimorpha, Iniopterygia, Karksilepis, Kathemacanthidae, Leonotus, Machichnus, Mongolepidida, Mongolepidiformes, Obtusacanthus, Omalodontiformes, Palaeospondylidae, Phoebodontiformes, Plesioselachus, Polymerolepidiformes, Polysentoridae, Proprigalea, Protodontidae, Ptomacanthus, Pucapampellidae, Pucapumpella, Qianodus, Rhinobatiformes, Shenacanthus, Simmorius, Sinacanthida, Subterbranchialia, Thaumatacanthus, Wellingtonellidae, Xenacanthimorpha, Yuanolepis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Geisacanthus in the database
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