†Orectolobus (wobbegong)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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