Family Proscylliidae Fowler 1941 (ground shark)
Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to C. J. Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Abdounia, Carcharhinidae, Chaenogaleus, Eogaleus, Hemigaleidae, Isogomphodon, Leptochariidae, Pachygaleus, Paratriakis, Prionace, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Squatigaleus, Triakidae, Triakis
Subtaxa: Eypea, Praeproscyllium
Ecology: nektonic carnivore