Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Parent taxon: Batomorphi according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Bogan and Gallina 2011, Cappetta 1986, Cappetta 1987, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cione et al. 2013, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Herman 1979, Kent 2018, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Silva et al. 2002, Tabuce et al. 2005 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Enantiobatis, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes, Zanobatidae
Subtaxa: Acanthobatis Bates Ceratopteridae Dasyatidae Dasyatoidea Eomanta Gymnuridae Hypolophodon Mobulidae Mobuloidea Myliobatidae Myliobatoidea Myliobatoidei Phosphatodon Platyrhinoidei Ptychacanthus Rhinopteridae Texabatis Urolophidae Urotrygonidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore