†Metopacanthus Zittel 1887 (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Holocephali - Myriacanthidae
Parent taxon: Myriacanthidae according to C. J. Duffin 1983
Sister taxa: Acanthorhina, Agkistracanthus, Alethodontus, Chimaeropsis, Halonodon, Myriacanthus, Recurvacanthus
Subtaxa: Metopacanthus bollensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore