Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Parent taxon: Galeomorphii according to S. Stumpf and J. Kriwet 2019
See also Biddle 1993, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cicimurri et al. 2022, Delsate 2003, Delsate and Thies 1995, Duffin and Ward 1983, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Kent 2018, Kriwet 2003, Kriwet et al. 2009, Kriwet et al. 2007, Long 1992, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thies 1993, Underwood 2006, Underwood et al. 1999 and Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Carcharhiniformes, Galeoidea, Jurobatos, Lamniformes
Subtaxa: Acanthoscyllium Akaimia Annea Brachaeluridae Columbusia Crossorhinidae Dorsetoscyllium Garrigascyllium Hemiscylliidae Heterophorcynus Magistrauia Mesiteia Orectolobidae Orectoloboidea Orectoloboidei Ornatoscyllium Parahemiscyllium Parascyllioidei Parasquatina Rhincodontidae Rhinocodontidae Stegostomatidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore