Editing Lamniformes (section)

== Phylogeny ==
Below is a [[cladogram]] showing relationships within Lamniformes. The topology of extant families is based on Vella & Vella (2020) and the placements of Cretoxyrhinidae and Otodontidae are based on Ferrón (2017), Cooper (2020), and Greenfield (2022).<ref name="Ferrón 2017">{{cite journal |last=Ferrón |first=H.G. |date=2017 |title=Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=9 |page= e0185185 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0185185 |pmid=28938002 |pmc=5609766 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1285185F |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Cooper 2020">{{cite journal |last=Cooper |first=J.A. |date=2020 |title=Scaling a giant |journal=Geoscientist |volume=30 |issue=10 |pages=10–15 |doi=10.1144/geosci2020-115 |doi-broken-date=26 May 2025 |s2cid=242895754 |url=https://geoscientist.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Geo_NOV2020_WR.pdf }}</ref><ref name="Greenfield 2022">{{cite journal |last=Greenfield |first=T. |date=2022 |title=List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks (Lamniformes, Otodontidae) |journal=Paleoichthys |volume=4 |pages=1–9 |url=https://usercontent.one/wp/pecescriollos.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PI-04-Greenfield-2022-List-of-skeletal-material-from-megatooth-sharks.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Vella & Vella 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Vella |first1=N. |last2=Vella |first2=A. |date=2020 |title=The complete mitogenome of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark, ''Odontaspis ferox'' (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae) |journal=Mitochondrial DNA Part B |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=3301–3304 |doi=10.1080/23802359.2020.1814886 |pmid=33458146 |pmc=7782878 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

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  |label1='''Lamniformes'''
  |1={{clade
    |1=[[Mitsukurinidae]] [[File:Mitsukurina owstoni Fishes of Australia.jpg|80 px]]
  |2={{clade
    |1={{clade
      |1=[[Thresher shark|Alopiidae]] [[File:Alopias vulpinus.png|80 px]]
      |2={{clade
        |1=[[Sand shark|Odontaspididae]] [[File:Odontaspis ferox (Smalltooth sand tiger).gif|80 px]]
        |2={{clade
          |1=[[Crocodile shark|Pseudocarchariidae]] [[File:Pseudocarcharias kamoharai Fishes of Australia.jpg|80 px]]
          |2=[[Megachasma|Megachasmidae]] [[File:Megachasma pelagios.jpg|80 px]] }} }} }}
    |2={{clade
      |1=[[Sand tiger shark|Carchariidae]] <span style="{{mirrorH}}">[[File:Carcharias taurus in UShaka Sea World WB.png|80 px]]</span> 
      |2={{clade
        |1=[[Basking shark|Cetorhinidae]] [[File:The Basking Shark, or Bone Shark.jpg|80 px]]
        |2={{clade
          |1=†[[Cretoxyrhina|Cretoxyrhinidae]]? [[File:Cretoxyrhina mantelli.png|80px]]
          |label2=[[Lamnoidea]]
          |2={{clade
            |1=†[[Otodontidae]] <span style="{{mirrorH}}">[[File:Megalodon restoration.png|80 px]]</span>
            |2=[[Lamnidae]] [[File:Lamna nasus.jpg|80 px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} }}