Chondrichthyes - Euselachii - Listracanthidae
Full reference: D. M. Martill, P. J. A. Del Strother, and F. Gallien. 2014. Acanthorhachis, a new genus of shark from the Carboniferous (Westphalian) of Yorkshire, England. Geological Magazine 151:517-533
Parent taxon: Euselachii according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Martill et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acronemus, Artiodus, Cheirostephanus, Dasyatiformes, Favusodus, Galei, Galeoidei, Hueneichthys, Hybodonta, Musteliformes, Neoselachii, Notidaniformes, Protacrodontiformes, Scyliorhiniformes, Selachimorpha, Squatinoidei, Squatinorajiformes, Surcaudalus, Synechodontidae, Tuberospina
Subtaxa: Acanthorhachis Listracanthus
Type: Listracanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections)
• Permian of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Belarus (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (6: Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence