†family Stegostomatidae Gill 1862 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae

Parent taxon: Orectoloboidei according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Adnet et al. 2020 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Brachaeluridae, Hemiscylliidae, Hemiscyllioidea, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidea, Rhincodontidae

Subtaxa: Stegostoma

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Oman (1 collection)

• Eocene of Egypt (7), Tunisia (1)

• Cretaceous of Sweden (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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