Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to C. J. Underwood 2006
See also Applegate 1970, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Forey et al. 2003, Herman 1975, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Trbusek 1999
Sister taxa: Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Hispidaspis, Isurolamna, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Microcorax, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paranomotodon, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae
Subtaxa: Pseudocorax Squalicorax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (5), France (7), India (1), Israel (2), Japan (2), Jordan (6), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (7), Switzerland (1), Syria (9), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (88: Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 159 collections including 234 occurrences