Orectolobus (wobbegong)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019

See also Jordan 1963 and Underwood 2006

Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus

Subtaxa: Orectolobus ziegenhinei

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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