Order Lamniformes Berg 1958 (mackerel shark)
PaleoDB taxon number: 34598
Parent taxon: Galeomorphi according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: Carchariniformes, Erquitaia, Heterodontiformes, Hypsobatis, Mafoletia, Onchopristus, Orectolobiformes, Parasquatina, Rajorhina, Reifia, Youssoubatis
Subtaxa: Anacoracidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Hispidaspis, Isurolamna, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Microcorax, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paranomotodon, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore