Chondrichthyes - Carchariniformes

PaleoDB taxon number: 83206

Alternative spelling: Sphyrninae

Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to B. W. Kent 2018

Sister taxa: Carcharhinidae, Galeocerdidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Paratriakis, Proscylliidae, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Squatigaleus, Triakidae

Subtaxa: Cestrorhinus, Eusphyra, Platysqualus, Reniceps, Sphyra, Sphyrichthys, Sphyrna, Sphyrnias, Zygaena

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore