Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to J. Kriwet 2003
See also Ebersole et al. 2024, Nelson et al. 2016 and Thies 1983
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidea, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae
Subtaxa: Brachaelurus Eostegostoma Paraginglymostoma
Type: Brachaelurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), Jordan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleocene of Morocco (2)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Jordan (1), United States (10: Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences