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Orectolobidae (wobbegong)
Taxonomy
Orectolobidae was named by Jordan and Fowler (1903). It is extant.
It was assigned to Galei by Jordan (1963); to Orectoloboidei by Case (1978); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Isuroidei by Case (1981); to Squatinoidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Orectoloboidea by Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectolobiformes by Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Peng et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cahuzac et al. (2007) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Galei by Jordan (1963); to Orectoloboidei by Case (1978); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Isuroidei by Case (1981); to Squatinoidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Orectoloboidea by Nelson et al. (2016) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectolobiformes by Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Peng et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cahuzac et al. (2007) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Orectolobidae Jordan and Fowler |
| 1963 | Orectolobidae Jordan p. 598 |
| 1978 | Orectolobidae Case p. 187 |
| 1981 | Orectolobidae Case p. 61 |
| 1981 | Orectolobidae Thurmond and Jones p. 44 |
| 1988 | Orectolobidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1992 | Orectolobidae Long p. 20 |
| 1993 | Orectolobidae Biddle p. 202 |
| 2001 | Orectolobidae Peng et al. p. 7 |
| 2005 | Orectolobidae Tabuce et al. p. 385 |
| 2007 | Orectolobidae Cahuzac et al. p. 15 |
| 2016 | Orectolobidae Nelson et al. p. 59 |
| 2019 | Orectolobidae Ebersole et al. p. 17 |
| 2022 | Orectolobidae Ebersole et al. p. 378 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Orectolobidae Jordan and Fowler 1903 [wobbegong]
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G. †Cederstroemia Siverson 1995
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†Cederstroemia havreensis Herman 1977
†Cederstroemia nilsi Siverson 1995
†Cederstroemia siverssoni Guinot et al. 2013
†Cederstroemia triangulata Siverson 1995
†Cederstroemia ziaensis Bourdon et al. 2011
G. †Cirriscyllium Ogilby 1908
G. †Cretorectolobus Case 1978
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†Cretorectolobus doylei Underwood et al. 1999
†Cretorectolobus gracilis Underwood and Mitchell 1999
†Cretorectolobus olsoni Case 1978
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Invalid names: Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus Case 1978 [synonym]
†Cretorectolobus robustus Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
G. †Eometlaouia Noubhani and Cappetta 2002
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†Eometlaouia numidica Arambourg 1952
Invalid names: Metlaouia Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 [replaced]
G. †Eucrossorhinus Regan 1908
G. †Heteroscyllium Regan 1908
G. †Microdontaspis Case et al. 2001
G. †Orectoloboides Cappetta 1977
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†Orectoloboides angulatus Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
†Orectoloboides multistriatus Werner 1989
†Orectoloboides parvulus Dalinkevičius 1935
†Orectoloboides reyndersi Adnet 2006
G. †Restesia Cook et al. 2014
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†Restesia americana Estes 1964
†Restesia monocuspilatus Wynd et al. 2020
G. †Squatiscyllium Cappetta 1980
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†Squatiscyllium casieri Arambourg 1952
†Squatiscyllium nigeriensis White 1934
G. †Synchismus Gill 1861
Invalid names: Nebriinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available