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Batoidea (ray)

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Batoidea was named as an order. It is extant.

It was reranked as the superorder Batoidea by Herman (1979); it was synonymized subjectively with Batomorphii by Cappetta (1987); it was reranked as the unranked clade Batoidea by Long (2011).

It was assigned to Euselachiformes by Case (1978); to Chondrichthyes by Lancaster (1986); to Elasmobranchii by Herman (1979), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Goodwin et al. (1999); and to Neoselachii by Long (2011).

Sister taxa
Rhinobatoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Batoidea Case p. 195
1979Batoidea Herman p. 64
1981Batoidea Thurmond and Jones p. 69
1986Batoidea Lancaster p. 125
1999Batoidea Goodwin et al. p. 731
2011Batoidea Long p. 242

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Batoidea
Batoidea

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.

Unr. Batoidea [ray]
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Subor. †Masticura Gill 1872
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G. †Brachioptera Gracianov 1906
Superfm. †Rhinobatoidea
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G. †Cristomylus Kirkland et al. 2013
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Cristomylus bulldogensis Kirkland et al. 2013
Cristomylus cifellii Kirkland et al. 2013
Cristomylus leptostemma Wynd et al. 2020
Cristomylus nelsoni Kirkland et al. 2013
G. †Engaibatis Arratia et al. 2002
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Engaibatis schultzei Arratia et al. 2002
Invalid names: Pristiformes [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available