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Suborder Orectoloboidei Applegate 1974 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Case 1978, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Nelson et al. 2016 and Rana et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Garrigascyllium, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Jurascyllium, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Rhinocodontidae, Similiteroscyllium

Subtaxa: Brachaeluridae Hemiscylliidae Hemiscyllioidea Orectolobidae Orectoloboidea Rhincodontidae Stegostomatidae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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