†family Ctenacanthidae Dean 1909 (elasmobranch)
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 124923
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acandylacanthus, Arauzia, Coelosteus, Ctenacanthoidea, Goodrichthys, Heslerodidae, Kaibabvenator, Moyacanthus, Nanoskalme, Neosaivodus, Pororhiza, Saivodus
Subtaxa: Acondylacanthus, Amelacanthus, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cladodus, Cratoselache, Ctenacanthus, Eunemacanthus, Glikmanius, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore