Suborder Parascyllioidei (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidea, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae

Subtaxa: Parascylliidae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), France (2), Jordan (1), Ukraine (1)

• Cretaceous of France (8), Germany (2), Lebanon (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (12), United States (3: Colorado, South Carolina, Texas)

Total: 36 collections including 40 occurrences

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