Brachaelurus Ogilby 1906 (carpet shark)

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

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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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