†superorder Holocephalomorpha Lund 1986 (chimaera)
Parent taxon: Holocephali according to M. Goto and M. Okura 2004
Sister taxa: Chimaeriformes, Cranodus, Cymatodus, Debeeriformes, Delphyodontos, Dichelodus, Helodontidae, Helodontiformes, Helodopsis, Icanodus, Iniopterygiformes, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Paraselachiamorpha, Physonemus, Platyodus, Ptyktoptychion, Synthetodus, Thoralodus, Venustodus, Xenodus
Subtaxa: Cochliodontiformes, Copodontiformes, Menaspiformes, Psammodontiformes, Squalorajiformes
Ecology: nektonic carnivore