Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Parent taxon: Cochliodontidae according to C. R. Eastman 1903
See also Hay 1902 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aspidodus, Chitonodus, Cochliodus, Cranodus, Cyrtonodus, Deltodopsis, Deltodus, Dichelodus, Diplacodus, Helodopsis, Icanodus, Orthopleurodus, Oxytomodus, Paecilodus, Periplectrodus, Platyodus, Pleurodus, Pleuroplax, Poecilodus, Rhamphodus, Sandalodus, Stenopterodus, Streblodus, Taeniodus, Trigonodus, Vaticinodus, Venustodus, Xystrodus
Subtaxa: Erismacanthus barbatus Erismacanthus formosus Erismacanthus jonesii Erismacanthus maccoyanus Erismacanthus major
Type: Erismacanthus jonesii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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