Genus ORTHACANTHUS
Kingdom / Phylum . . . . . . . . Subphylum / Superclass . . . . Class / Subclass / Infraclass Division / Superorder / Order Suborder / Infraorder . . . . . . Superfamily / Family . . . . . . . Subfamily / Genus . . . . . . . . .	Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes / Elasmobranchii / n.a. n.a. / Euselachii / Xenacanthiformes n.a. / n.a. n.a. / Diplodoselachidae n.a. / Orthacanthus
Age: Distribution:	Carboniferous - Cretaceous Northern America, Europe, Asia
Depicted on: Central African Republic, 2014 (position 3 of sheet) Djibouti, 2018 (M.S. margin)