''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
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
age of
Canada by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.
Species
* ''Orectoloboides parvulus''
(Dalinkevicius, 1935)
* ''Orectoloboides multistriatus''
Werner, 1989
* ''Orectoloboides reyndersi''
Adnet, 2006
* ''Orectoloboides angulatus''
Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010
* ''Orectoloboides gijseni''
Herman & Van Den Eeckhaut, 2010
Two species formerly assigned to this genus, ''O. glashoffi''
Thies, 1981 and ''O. pattersoni''
Thies, 1983, were transferred to the separate genus ''
Ornatoscyllium'' by Underwood & Ward (2004).
References
External links
''Orectoloboides''at the
Paleobiology Database
Prehistoric shark genera
Fossils of Canada
Paleontology in Saskatchewan
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