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Orectolobiformes

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	34573	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34573

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
class	Chondrichthyes	Huxley 1880
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii
-	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Orectolobiformes	Applegate 1972

Common Name

carpet shark

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated with evidence	Duffin and Ward, 1983
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated without evidence	Long, 1992
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated with evidence	Thies, 1993
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Squalomorphii	stated without evidence	Biddle, 1993
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated with evidence	Delsate and Thies, 1995
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Elasmobranchii	stated without evidence	Underwood et al., 1999
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Chondrichthyes	stated without evidence	Purdy et al., 2001
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Elasmobranchii	stated without evidence	Peng et al., 2001
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Chondrichthyes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeoidea	stated without evidence	Kriwet, 2003
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated with evidence	Delsate, 2003
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galea	stated without evidence	Underwood and Ward, 2004
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Chondrichthyes	stated without evidence	Tabuce et al., 2005
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Neoselachii	stated without evidence	Underwood, 2006
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated without evidence	Kriwet et al., 2007
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Neoselachii	stated without evidence	Cicimurri and Knight, 2009
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphi	stated with evidence	Long, 2011
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphi	stated without evidence	Kent, 2018
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated with evidence	Stumpf and Kriwet, 2019
Orectolobiformes	order	belongs to Galeomorphii	stated without evidence	Ebersole et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

112

Extant Size (PBDB)

25 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Orectolobiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Orectolobiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Orectoloboidei suborder	listed (PBDB)		216	156 Ma Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Brachaeluridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	176 Ma Early Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Crossorhinidae family	listed (PBDB)		1	151 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Hemiscylliidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		58	183 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Parascylliidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Collared Carpetshark	38	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Rhincodontidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Whale Shark	14	176 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Rhinocodontidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)
Acanthoscyllium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Akaimia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Almascyllium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Annea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	183 Ma Early Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Brachaelurus genus	listed (PBDB)		10	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cretorectolobus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		32	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dorsetoscyllium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Eostegostoma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		10	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Heterophorcynus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesiteia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	183 Ma Early Jurassic	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Orectoloboides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Ornatoscyllium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	180 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Palaeobrachaelurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		19	183 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pararhincodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		12	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Orectolobiformes Applegate
1983	Orectolobiformes Duffin and Ward p. 839
1992	Orectolobiformes Long p. 20
1993	Orectolobiformes Biddle p. 202
1993	Orectolobiformes Thies p. 139
1995	Orectolobiformes Delsate and Thies p. 47
1999	Orectolobiformes Underwood et al. p. 293
2001	Orectolobiformes Peng et al. p. 7
2001	Orectolobiformes Purdy et al. p. 98
2002	Orectolobiformes Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Orectolobiformes Delsate p. 8

Year	Name and Author
2003	Orectolobiformes Kriwet p. 585
2004	Orectolobiformes Underwood and Ward p. 464
2005	Orectolobiformes Tabuce et al. p. 385
2006	Orectolobiformes Underwood p. 234
2007	Orectolobiformes Kriwet et al.
2009	Orectolobiformes Cicimurri and Knight p. 629
2009	Orectolobiformes Kriwet et al. p. 322
2011	Orectolobiformes Long p. 242
2018	Orectolobiformes Kent p. 62
2019	Orectolobiformes Ebersole et al. p. 17
2019	Orectolobiformes Stumpf and Kriwet p. 646

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Duffin C. J., Ward D. J. (1983) Teeth of a new neoselachian shark from the British Lower Jurassic, Palaeontology 26 4, 839-844

Long D. J. (1992) Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1, 11-32

Biddle J. P. (1993) Les Elasmobranches de l'Albien inferieur et moyen (Cretace inferieur) de la Marne et de la Haute-Marne (France), Belgian Geological Survey 264, 191-240

Thies D. (1993) New evidence of Annea and Jurobatos, two rare neoselachians (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) from the Jurassic of Europe, Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 264, 137-146

Delsate D., Thies D. (1995) Teeth of the fossil shark Annea Thies 1983 (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) from the Toarcian of Belgium, Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278, 45-64

Underwood C. J., Michell S. F., et al (1999) Shark and Ray teeth from the Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) of north-east England, Palaeontology 42 2, 287-302

Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54

Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202

Delsate D. (2003) Une nouvelle faune des poissons et requins Toarciens du sud du Luxembourg (Dudelange) et de L'Allemange (Schömberg), Bulletin de l'Académie Lorrain des Sciences 42, 13-49

Kriwet J. (2003) Neoselachian remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Middle Jurassic of SW Germany and NW Poland, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 4, 583-594

Underwood C. J., Ward D. J. (2004) Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic), Palaeontology 47 3, 447-501

Tabuce R., Adnet S., et al (2005) Aznag (bassin d'Ouarzazate, Maroc), nouvelle localite a selaciens et mammiferes de l'Eocene moyen (Lutetien) d'Afrique, Bulletin de la societe Geologique du France 2005 176, 381-400

Underwood C. J. (2006) Diversification of the Neoselachii (Chondrichthyes) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, Paleobiology 32 2, 215-235

Kriwet J., Soler-Gijón R., et al (2007) Neoselachians from the upper Campanian and lower Maatrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the southern Pyrenees, northern Spain, Palaeontology 50 5, 1051-1071 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00695.x

Cicimurri D. J., Knight J. L. (2009) Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 4, 627-647

Kriwet J., Nunn E. V., et al (2009) Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 2, 316-347 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00439.x

Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287

Kent B. W. (2018) The Cartilaginous Fishes (Chimaeras, Sharks, and Rays) of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 100, 45-160

Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585

Stumpf S., Kriwet J. (2019) A new Pliensbachian elasmobranch (Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes) assemblage from Europe, and its contribution to the understanding of late Early Jurassic elasmobranch diversity and distributional patterns, PalZ 93, 637-658

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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