†family Brachaeluridae Applegate 1972 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to J. Kriwet 2003

See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Thies 1983

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

Subtaxa: Brachaelurus Eostegostoma Paraginglymostoma

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Type: Brachaelurus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (3 collections), Jordan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (6)

• Paleocene of Morocco (2)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Jordan (1), United States (10: Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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