Family Centrophoridae Bleeker 1859 (gulper shark)
PaleoDB taxon number: 131681
Parent taxon: Squaliformes according to S. Adnet et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Centropterus, Centrosqualus, Cretascymnus, Dalatiidae, Dalatioidea, Eoetmopterus, Etmopteridae, Gibbechinorhinus, Microetmopterus, Paraechinorhinus, Proetmopterus, Protoxynotus, Pseudoechinorhinus, Scymnorhinidae, Somniosidae, Squalogaleus
Subtaxa: Centrophorus, Deania, Procentrophorus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore