Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes
Alternative spelling: Carchariniformes
Parent taxon: Galeomorphii according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024
See also Cappetta 1992, Chandler et al. 2006, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Engelbrecht et al. 2017, Kent 2018, Kriwet 2005, Kriwet et al. 2009, Landau et al. 2025, Long 1992, Long 2011, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Malyshkina 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005, Underwood 2006, Underwood et al. 1999, Underwood and Ward 2004 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Galeoidea, Jurobatos, Lamniformes
Subtaxa: Altusmirus Carcharhinidae Corysodon Florenceodontidae Fornicatus Galeocerdonidae Hemigaleidae Leptochariidae Platyrhizodon Proscylliidae Pseudoscyliorhinidae Pseudotriakidae Pterolamiops Scyliorhinidae Sphyrnidae Triakidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore