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Orectolobidae (wobbegong)
Taxonomy
Orectolobidae was named by Jordan and Fowler (1903). It is extant.
It was assigned to Euselachii by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); to Galei by Jordan (1963); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Isuroidei by Case (1981); to Squatinoidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Orectoloboidei by Case (1978), van der Laan (2019); to Orectoloboidea by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectolobiformes by Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Peng et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Ebersole et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Euselachii by Dartevelle and Casier (1943); to Galei by Jordan (1963); to Galeoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Isuroidei by Case (1981); to Squatinoidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); to Orectoloboidei by Case (1978), van der Laan (2019); to Orectoloboidea by Nelson et al. (2016), Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Orectolobiformes by Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Peng et al. (2001), Tabuce et al. (2005), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Ebersole et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2004-11-10; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Orectolobidae Jordan and Fowler |
| 1943 | Orectolobidae Dartevelle and Casier p. 101 |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Orectolobidae van der Laan p. 41 |
| 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. †Columbusia Case et al. 2001
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†Columbusia deblieuxi Kirkland et al. 2013
†Columbusia fragilis Case et al. 2001
†Columbusia roessingi Case 1987
G. †Cretorectolobus Case 1978
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†Cretorectolobus doylei Underwood et al. 1999
†Cretorectolobus gracilis Underwood and Mitchell 1999
†Cretorectolobus olsoni Case 1978
†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. †Heteroscyllium Regan 1908
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Miocene or 132.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (150 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretorectolobus doylei (66421 66422) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretorectolobus doylei (66418 66419 66420) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretorectolobus sp. (241459) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretorectolobus gracilis (213324) Orectoloboides parvulus (213319 213320) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | France (Marne) | Orectoloboides parvulus (235560) | |
| Middle Albian | France (Marne) | Cretorectolobus sp. (235563) Orectoloboides parvulus (169108 235567) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Ginglymostoma parvula (213709 213710) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Ukraine | Cederstroemia siverssoni (214236 214239 214242) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Cretorectolobus gracilis (213332 213335 213336 213372) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | France | Orectoloboides parvula (214872) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Kazakhstan | Orectoloboides parvulus, Cretorectolobus doylei (175010) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Cretorectolobus sp. (22679) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Cederstroemia siverssoni (213567) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Cederstroemia muelleri (77233) Cederstroemia sp. (77230) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | Orectoloboides multistriatus (214508) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Nebraska) | Cretorectolobus sp. (213308) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Orectoloboides sp. (83071) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Orectoloboides angulatus, Cretorectolobus robustus (22731) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Cretorectolobus sp. (213298) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Cederstroemia siverssoni (213569) | |
| Middle Turonian | France (Ardennes) | Cederstroemia siverssoni (213564) | |
| Coniacian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Cederstroemia siverssoni (213383) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (Georgia) | Columbusia fragilis (61769) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Cederstroemia ziaensis, Columbusia fragilis, Squatina sp. (52037) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Orectolobidae indet. (14425 14428 190344 190345) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Mississippi) | Columbusia fragilis (275613) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | United Kingdom (England) | Cederstroemia havreensis (213381) | |
| Santonian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Cederstroemia nilsi (232890) | |
| Santonian | France | Cretorectolobus sp. (242281) | |
| Santonian | Japan | Cederstroemia sp. (235546) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | Cretorectolobus sp. (106411) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | United Kingdom (England) | Cederstroemia havreensis (213379 213561) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Ardennes) | Cederstroemia havreensis (157587) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | Cretorectolobus sp., Cederstroemia nilsi (74334) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Somme) | Cederstroemia havreensis (213565 213566) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | Cederstroemia sp. (224997) | |
| Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | Squatirhina americana (14458) | |
| Judithian | USA (Texas) | Squatirhina americana (14489) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (70253 70268 70269 70453 70488 70489 70490 70500 70501 215800 215801) Squatirhina roessingi, Cretorectolobus olsoni (70451 70454 70499) Squatirhina roessingi, Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, Cretorectolobus olsoni (70455) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium | Squatina havreensis (241906) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Squatirhina americana (36541) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (215799) Cretorectolobus olsoni, Cederstroemia triangulata (215798) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, Cretorectolobus olsoni (69150) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (276674 276675) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, Cretorectolobus olsoni (22640) Squatirhina americana (34305 34307 34322) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Cretorectolobus sp. (128412) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Utah) | Ischyrhiza sp. (61844) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Texas) | Columbusia sp. (240801) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (69153 69450 177498) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, Cretorectolobus olsoni, Cederstroemia triangulata (69161) Eucrossorhinus sp. (14490) Squatiscyllium sp. (14434 14457) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Cretorectolobus sp. (14494) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, Cretorectolobus olsoni (229975) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | Restesia americana (212186) Squatirhina americana (68003) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Cretorectolobus sp. (35353) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Santiago) | Cretorectolobus sp., Orectolobidae indet. (132352) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Squatirhina americana (14502) | |
| Lancian | USA (Colorado) | Squatirhina americana (14640) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Squatirhina americana (14514 14540 14544 70343) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Restesia americana (144500 144502) Squatirhina americana (14536 14548 14582) Squatirhina americana, Restesia monocuspilatus (14549 14568) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Squatirhina americana (183109) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (61738) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Cretorectolobus olsoni (213580 213582 213583 213584 213587 213589) Squatirhina americana (45128 45144) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Squatirhina americana (14585) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ukraine | Cretorectolobus sp. (142786) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Restesia americana (85499) | |
| Selandian | Morocco | Metlaouia delpiti (133217) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Morocco | Metlaouia delpiti (214839 214848) | |
| Thanetian | Niger | Orectolobus nigeriensis (229530) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | Saudi Arabia | Orectolobus sp. (37182) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Orectolobidae indet. (15595) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | Metlaouia delpiti (214840) Squatiscyllium casieri (214841) Squatiscyllium sp. (214851) | |
| Ypresian | Senegal | Squatiscyllium sp. (209379) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Orectolobidae indet., Orectolobus ziegenhinei (81179) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Eometlaouia sp., Squatiscyllium nigeriensis (276540) Orectolobus ziegenhinei (209521) Orectolobus zigenhinei (13346) | |
| Lutetian | France | Orectoloboides reyndersi (74858) Orectoloboides sp., Orectoloboides reyndersi (61215) | |
| Lutetian | Morocco | Squatiscyllium sp. (91339) | |
| Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Coelometlaouia pannucea (176085) | |
| Bartonian | Antarctica | Coelometlaouia pannucea (100414) | |
| Bartonian | France | Orectoloboides reyndersi (161753) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | Coelometlaouia pannucea (100419) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Orectolobus sp. (51330) | |
| Miocene | USA (South Carolina) | Gryphodobatis uncus (18506) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Orectolobidae indet. (18579) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Orectolobus gippslandicus (50343) |