After Carroll, 1988, Long 1990 and Williams, 1999-2000
Family -level taxonomy of Holocephali
<==o †Paraselachimorpha [paraphyletic] |--o Desmiodontidae Zangerl, 1981 [Desmiodontiformes Zangerl, 1981] | |--o Desmiodus Miss. NA. | | |-- D. lingoniformis "flabellum" (St. John & Worthen, 1875) | | `-- D. tumidus St. John & Worthen, 1875a | `-- Heteropetalus elegantulus Lund, 1977 |--o †Orodontidae de Koninck, 1878 [Oreodontiformes Zangerl, 1981; Orodontida Zangerl, 1981] | |?- †Hercynolepis meischneri Gross, 1973, L. Dev. Eu. | |?- †Leiodus calcaratus St. John & Worthen, 1875a, Miss. NA. | |?- †Mesodmodus exsculptus St. John & Worthen, 1875a, Miss. NA. | `--o †Orodus Agassiz, 1838 [Hybodopsis, Lophodus] Miss. Eu. Penn. NA. | |-- †O. cinctus Agassiz, 1838 | |-- †O. corrugatus Romer, 1942 | |-- †O. greggi Zangerl, 1981 | |-- †O. marginalis (Romanovsky, 1864a) [Lophodus] | |-- †O. micropterygius Zangerl | |-- †O. ramosus "major" Agassiz, 1838 | |-- †O. variabilis Newberry, 1875 | `-- †O. sp. |--o †Iniopterygiformes | |?- Iniopterygiformes genera et species indet. Penn. NA. [Bear Gluch, Montana] | |-- †Iniopteryx rushlaui Penn. NA. [Iniopterygidae] | `--o †Sibyrhynchidae | |-- †Sibyrhynchus denisoni Penn. NA. | |-- †Iniopera richardsoni Penn. NA. | `-- †Inioxyele Penn. NA. |-- †Eugeneodontiformes `-- †Petalodontiformes Zangerl, 1981 [Petalodontida Zangerl, 1981]
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088 - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Williams, G. S., 1999-2000: A Listing of Fossil Sharks and Rays of the World.
–iNet: Gainesville's Creek Fossils: Euselachii: http://www.afn.org/~afn02877/eusel.html