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Dasyatoidei (disused)

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Dasyatoidei is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Batoidea by Case (1979); to Rajiformes by Case (1981); to Batoidei by Case and Schwimmer (1988); and to Myliobatiformes by Landau et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dasyatoidei Case p. 85
1981Dasyatoidei Case p. 68
1988Dasyatoidei Case and Schwimmer p. 295
2025Dasyatoidei Landau et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyDasyatoidei
superfamilyDasyatoidei

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.

Superfm. Dasyatoidei
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:51
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available