†Eostegostoma Herman and Crochard 1977 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Parent taxon: Brachaeluridae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
See also Ebersole et al. 2024 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brachaelurus, Paraginglymostoma
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleocene of Morocco (2)
• Cretaceous of Jordan (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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