Family Orectolobidae Gill 1896

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Crossorhinae Swainson 1838:159 [ref. 4302] (subfamily) Crossorhinus [also Swainson 1839:192, 318 [ref. 4303]; corrected to Crossorhinidae by Gill 1872:24 [ref. 26254]; senior objective synonym of Orectolobidae Gill 1896]

Orectolobidae Gill 1896a:212 [ref. 12504] (family) Orectolobus [junior objective synonym of Crossorhinae Swainson 1838, but Orectolobidae in prevailing recent practice; Orectolobidae used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Böhlke & Chaplin 1993, Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Springer & Raasch 1995:105 [ref. 25656], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001, Compagno 2001 [ref. 26323], Hoese et al. 2006, Huveneers 2006 [ref. 28782], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Last & Chidlow 2008 [ref. 29433], Last & Stevens 2009, Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980]]