†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
Type: Brachaelurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
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