Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1979. Reflexions sur la systematique des Galeoidei et sur les affinities du genre Cetorhinus a l'occasion de la decouverte d'elements de la denture d'un exemplaire fossile dans les Sabels du Kattendijk a Kallo (Pliocene Inferieur, Belgique. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 102:357-377
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to K. Shimada and M. J. Everhart 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Dallasiella, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae, Xiphodolamiidae
Subtaxa: Cretodus Lilamna Protolamna Pseudoscapanorhynchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (4), Argentina (1), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Colombia (2), Egypt (2), France (30), Germany (4), India (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Japan (5), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (4), Lithuania (2), Nigeria (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Sweden (2), Tunisia (5), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (8), United States (72: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 173 collections including 221 occurrences