†Venustodus St. John and Worthen 1875 (chimaera)
Parent taxon: Holocephali according to J. J. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chimaeriformes, Cranodus, Cymatodus, Debeeriformes, Delphyodontos, Dichelodus, Helodontidae, Helodontiformes, Helodopsis, Holocephalomorpha, Icanodus, Iniopterygiformes, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Paraselachiamorpha, Physonemus, Platyodus, Ptyktoptychion, Synthetodus, Thoralodus, Xenodus
Subtaxa: Venustodus argutus, Venustodus leidyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore