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Rajidae (skate)
Taxonomy
Rajidae was named by Blainville (1816). It is extant.
It was corrected as Raiidae by Owen (1859).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859); to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Pachyura by Hay (1902); to Tectospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Sarcura by Jordan (1963); to Rajiformes by Cassier (1966); to Rajoidea by Jonet (1968) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Rajoidei by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987) and Cahuzac et al. (2007); to Rajiformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Purdy et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Kent (2018) and Villafaña et al. (2020); and to Rajiformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Raiidae by Owen (1859).
It was assigned to Plagiostomi by Owen (1859); to Selachii by Woodward (1889); to Pachyura by Hay (1902); to Tectospondyli by Eastman (1904); to Elasmobranchii by Leriche (1942); to Sarcura by Jordan (1963); to Rajiformes by Cassier (1966); to Rajoidea by Jonet (1968) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Rajoidei by Cappetta (1980), Cappetta (1987) and Cahuzac et al. (2007); to Rajiformes by Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Purdy et al. (2001), Underwood (2006), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Kent (2018) and Villafaña et al. (2020); and to Rajiformes by Cicimurri et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1816 | Rajidae Blainville |
| 1859 | Raiidae Owen p. 119 |
| 1889 | Rajidae Woodward p. 84 |
| 1902 | Rajidae Hay p. 315 |
| 1904 | Rajidae Eastman p. 71 |
| 1942 | Rajidae Leriche p. 12 |
| 1963 | Rajidae Jordan p. 603 |
| 1966 | Rajidae Cassier p. 90 |
| 1968 | Rajidae Jonet p. 247 |
| 1980 | Rajidae Cappetta p. 202 |
| 1981 | Rajidae Thurmond and Jones p. 72 |
| 1983 | Rajidae Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
| 1987 | Rajidae Cappetta p. 143 |
| 2001 | Rajidae Purdy et al. p. 89 |
| 2006 | Rajidae Underwood p. 234 |
| 2007 | Rajidae Cahuzac et al. p. 26 |
| 2009 | Rajidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 635 |
| 2016 | Rajidae Nelson et al. p. 84 |
| 2018 | Rajidae Kent p. 124 |
| 2020 | Rajidae Villafaña et al. p. 746 |
| 2022 | Rajidae Cicimurri et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Rajidae Blainville 1816 [skate]
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G. †Amblyraja Malm 1877
G. †Batis Bonaparte 1837
G. †Cephaleutherus Rafinesque 1810
G. †Dactylobatus Bean and Weed 1909
G. †Dasybatus Bonaparte 1837
G. †Dipturus Rafinesque 1810
G. †Hieroptera Fleming 1841
G. †Laeviraja Bonaparte 1837
G. †Leucoraja Malm 1877
G. †Malacorhina Garman 1877
G. †Platopterus Rafinesque 1815
G. †Propterygia Otto 1824
G. †Psammobatis
G. Raja Linnaeus 1758
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†Raja antiqua Agassiz 1843
†Raja batis Linnaeus 1758
†Raja casieri Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja ceciliae Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja clavata Linnaeus 1767
†Raja davisi Fowler 1958
†Raja fallax Arambourg 1952
†Raja gentili Joleaud 1912
†Raja harrisae Ward 1984
†Raja heinzelini Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja louisi Cappetta 1972
†Raja marandati Adnet 2006
†Raja mccollumi Cicimurri and Knight 2009
†Raja michauxi Adnet 2006
†Raja olisiponensis Jonet 1968
†Raja praeclavata Jonet 1968
†Raja primarmata Woodward 1889
†Raja similis Woodward 1889
†Raja sudhakari Prasad and Cappetta 1993
†Raja terhagenensis Steurbaut and Herman 1978
†Raja texana Leriche 1942
G. †Sympterygia
G. †Uraptera Müller and Henle 1838
Invalid names: Rajinae de Blainville 1816 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available