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
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore