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Family Crossorhinidae (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Crossorhinidae

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to A. S. Woodward 1919

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

Subtaxa: Crossorhinus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BMNH collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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