Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to G. R. Case et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Garrigascyllium, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Jurascyllium, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Similiteroscyllium
Subtaxa: Palaeorhincodon
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Portugal (1 collection)
• Eocene of Belgium (4), France (4), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (3)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence