Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a
Parent taxon: Elasmobranchii according to R. Zangerl 1981
See also Ginter et al. 2010, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Amelacanthus, Annulicorona, Aporomicrodus, Arduodens, Carcharopsis, Carinasubcorona, Celtiberina, Cestraciontidae, Changxingselache, Cladodontomorphi, Cladodontomorphii, Cladodus hassiacus, Cladodus wildungensis, Cladoselachida, Cladoselachii, Complanicorona, Coniunctio, Coronodontida, Eunemacanthus, Euselachiformes, Euselachii, Eychlaodus, Fragilicorona, Galeiformes, Galeomorphi, Glabrisubcorona, Gondwanodus, Ichthyodorulites, Labascicorona, Labrilancea, Lamna (Sphenodus) longidens, Lamna daviesii, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Lobaticorona, Lugalepididae, Mcmurdodontidae, Meishanselache, Minuticorona, Oniscina, Ornathiliabrilance, Ornatilabrilancea, Orthacodus, Ostenoselachidae, Osteodonti, Parvicorona, Parvidiabolus, Parviscapha, Physonemus, Plagiostomi, Platylithophycus, Pleuracanthidae, Pleuracanthodii, Pristiorajea, Proselachii, Raineria, Rosaodus, Rugosicorona, Sacrisubcorona, Selachii, Serratocorona, Siamodus, Sphenodus, Sphenodus plana, Squalomorphi, Suaviloquentia, Thrinacodontidae, Undulaticorona, Xenacanthida
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orodontida in the database