Order Orectolobiformes Applegate 1972 (carpet shark)
Parent taxon: Galeomorphii according to D. Delsate and D. Thies 1994
Sister taxa: Galeoidea, Heterodontiformes, Jurobatos, Lamniformes
Subtaxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Almascyllium, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Brachaelurus, Cretorectolobus, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Eostegostoma, Ginglymostomatidae, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Megachasmidae, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Ornatoscyllium, Pararhincodon, Parascylliidae, Phorcynis, Rhincodontidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore