Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to S. Bogan and F. L. Agnolin 2010
See also Biddle 1993, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Herman 1977, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Shimada 1997, Siverson 1997 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae
Subtaxa: Acrolamna Cretoxyrhina Dallasiella Plicatolamna
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), Brazil (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (3), Germany (1), Israel (7), Italy (2), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (43: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 95 collections including 103 occurrences