Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Parent taxon: Batomorphi according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bogan and Gallina 2011, Cappetta 1986, Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cione et al. 2013, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Herman 1979, Kent 2018, Landau et al. 2025, Long 2011, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Rana et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Silva et al. 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Archaeobatidae, Arthropteridae, Belemnobatidae, Enantiobatis, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes, Sclerorhynchiformes, Spathobatidae, Torpediniformes
Subtaxa: Acanthobatis Bates Casierabatis Ceratopteridae Dasyatoidea Dasyatoidei Eomobula Hypolophodon Mobuloidea Myliobatoidea Myliobatoidei Phosphatodon Platyrhinoidei Ptychacanthus Texabatis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore