Suborder Orectoloboidei Applegate 1974 (carpet shark)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Case 1978, Ebersole et al. 2019 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae
Subtaxa: Hemiscyllioidea Orectoloboidea
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore