Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Xiphodolamiidae
Alternative spelling: Xiphodolamiinae
Full reference: L. S. Glikman. 1964. Podklass Elasmobranchii. Akulovye. Osnovy Paleontologii. Tom 11: Beschelyustnye, Ryby 196-237
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Glikman 1964, Herman 1977 and 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, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae
Subtaxa: Xiphodolamia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Japan (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Eocene of Angola (1), Barbados (1), Belgium (3), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Jordan (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Louisiana, New Jersey), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences