†family Pseudocarchariidae Compagno 1973 (mackerel shark)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocarchariidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae
Subtaxa: Pseudocarcharias
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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