Chondrichthyes - Ichthyodorulites
Alternative spelling: Ichthyodorulithes
Parent taxon: Elasmobranchii according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Hay 1902 and Rapp 1946
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, Labascicorona, Labrilancea, Lamna (Sphenodus) longidens, Leonodus, Lesnilomia, Lobaticorona, Lugalepididae, Mcmurdodontidae, Meishanselache, Minuticorona, Oniscina, Ornathiliabrilance, Ornatilabrilancea, Orodontida, 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: Cylindracanthus Cyrtacanthus Gampsacanthus Lecracanthus Marracanthus Phlyctaenacanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama, South Carolina collections)
• Eocene of Angola (1), Barbados (1), Belgium (5), Italy (1), Mali (1), Namibia (1), Nigeria (4), Senegal (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (27: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland , Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)
• Tertiary of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Lebanon (2), Niger (2), Spain (1), United States (9: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 76 collections including 84 occurrences