†Orectoloboides Cappetta 1977 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to D. Thies 1983
See also Biddle 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Almascyllium, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Brachaelurus, Cretorectolobus, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Eostegostoma, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Mesiteia, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeobrachaelurus, Pararhincodon, Parascylliidae, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Angoumé, 1 (Eocene to Eocene of France)
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