†Acanthoscyllium Cappetta 1980 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidea, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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