Gryphodobatis Leidy 1877 (wobbegong)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to M. Leriche 1942

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus

Subtaxa: Gryphodobatis uncus

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Type: Gryphodobatis uncus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ashley River (Miocene Marl) (Miocene of South Carolina)

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