†family Cheiracanthidae Bleeker 1859 (spiny fish)
Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Cheiracanthidae
Parent taxon: Acanthodiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthodidae, Laliacanthus, Mesacanthidae
Subtaxa: Cheiracanthus Ectopacanthus Markacanthus
Type: Cheiracanthus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of Belarus (12), Estonia (4), Greenland (1), Latvia (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 28 collections including 58 occurrences