After Carroll, 1988, Long 1990 and Williams, 1999-2000

<==o †Ctenacanthidae Dean, 1909
   |-- †Amelacanthus Maisey, 1982; U. Dev. NA. Miss. Eu. 
   |--o †Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1837 [Eunemacanthus, Sphenacanthus] U. Dev. NA. Miss. Eu.
   |  |-- †C. compressus Newberry, 1889 [C. clarki Newberry, 1889; Eunemacanthus]
   |  |-- †C. denticulatus M'Coy, 1855
   |  |-- †C. elegans (Toumey, 1858)
   |  |-- †C. formosus (Newberry, 1879)
   |  |-- †C. gracilimus
   |  |-- †C. harrisoni St. John & Worthen, 1883
   |  |-- †C. littoni Newberry, 1889
   |  |-- †C. major Agassiz, 1837 [=? Cladodus mirabilis]
   |  |-- †C. nodocostatus Hossakof & Bryant, 1918
   |  |-- †C. pellensis St. John & Worthen, 1883
   |  |-- †C. randalli Newberry, 1889
   |  |-- †C. sp.
   |  `-- †C. wrightii Newberry, 1888
   |-- †Cratoselache pruvosti Woodward, 1924 Miss. Eu.
   |?- †Dabasacanthus inskasi Zangerl, 1979 Penn. NA.
   |-- †Goodrichthys eskdalensis (Myo-Thomas, 1936a) [Moythomasina, Goodrichia] Miss. Eu.
   |--o †Sphenacanthus Agassiz, 1837, Miss. Eu.
   |  |-- †S. serrulatus Agassiz, 1837
   |  |-- †S. hybodoides (Egerton, 1853)
   |  |-- †S. marshi (Newberry, 1873)
   |  |-- †S. aequistriatus (Davis, 1879)
   |  `-- †S. fifensis Traquair, 1901
   |?- †Suraudalus Levi, 1989, U. Perm. Aust.
   |?- †Tristychius arcuatus Agassiz, 1837, Miss. Eu.
   `-- †Wodnika striatula (Munster, 1843] [Radamas macrocephalus] U. Perm. Eu. NA.

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