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Orectoloboides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Order
  
Orectolobiformes

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Orectolobidae

Similar
  
Spathobatis, Pseudocorax, Ptychodus, Cretolamna, Squalicorax

Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977. A new species, O. angulatus, was described from the Cenomanian period of Canada by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.

Species

  • Orectoloboides parvulus (Dalinkevicius, 1935)
  • Orectoloboides multistriatus Werner, 1989
  • Orectoloboides glashoffi Thies, 1981
  • Orectoloboides reyndersi Adnet, 2006
  • Orectoloboides pattersoni Thies, 1983
  • Orectoloboides angulatus Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010

    • References

    Orectoloboides Wikipedia
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