Family Oxynotidae (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Oxynotidae
Parent taxon: Squaliformes according to N. Straube et al. 2015
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Centrophoridae, Centropterus, Dalatiidae, Dalatioidea, Eoscymnidae, Etmopteridae, Fredipristis, Paraechinorhinus, Scymnorhinidae, Somniosidae, Squalidae, Squalogaleus
Type: Oxynotus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oxynotidae in the database