Brachaelurus Ogilby 1906 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Parent taxon: Brachaeluridae according to G. Guinot et al. 2014
See also Bryant 1989, Cappetta and Case 1975, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Underwood 2006
Sister taxa: Eostegostoma, Paraginglymostoma
Subtaxa: Brachaelurus estesi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Jordan (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), United States (10: Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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