Order Carchariniformes Compagno 1973 (ground shark)
PaleoDB taxon number: 154870
Alternative spelling: Carcharhiniformes
Parent taxon: Galeomorphi according to J. A. Long 2011
Sister taxa: Erquitaia, Heterodontiformes, Hypsobatis, Lamniformes, Mafoletia, Onchopristus, Parasquatina, Rajorhina, Reifia, Youssoubatis
Subtaxa: Carcharhinidae, Galeocerdidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Paratriakis, Proscylliidae, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Squatigaleus, Triakidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore