†family Stegostomatidae Gill 1862 (carpet shark)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Stegostomatidae
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to S. Adnet et al. 2020
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidea, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae
Subtaxa: Stegostoma
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections), Egypt (4), Tunisia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence