Synonym: Callopristodus Traquair 1888
Parent taxon: Euchondrocephali according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Downs and Daeschler 2001, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Chimaeri, Debeeriformes, Debeeriiformes, Delphyodontos, Edaphodus, Eugeneodontiformes, Helodontiformes, Holocephalomorpha, Iniopterygiformes, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Orodontiformes, Paraselachiamorpha, Paraselachimorpha, Petalodontiformes, Thoralodus, Trachyacanthi, Mesolophodus, Cynopodius, Brachyrhizodus, Desmiodus, Lagarodontidae, Metaxyacanthus, Euglossodus, Gregoriidae, Pseudodontichthyidae
Subtaxa: Ageleodus pectinatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: West Virginia)
• Devonian of Belarus (1), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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