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Myliobatoidea

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

Taxonomy
Myliobatoidea was named as a superfamily.

It was reranked as the suborder Myliobatoidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981).

It was assigned to Rajoidei by Adegoke (1977); to Batoidea by Jonet (1968), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Kumar and Loyal (1987); and to Myliobatiformes by Cappetta (1986), Cappetta (1987), Kriwet (2005) and Kriwet et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Myliobatoidea Jonet p. 247
1977Myliobatoidea Adegoke p. 298
1981Myliobatoidea Thurmond and Jones p. 72
1986Myliobatoidea Cappetta p. 187
1987Myliobatoidea Cappetta p. 170
1987Myliobatoidea Kumar and Loyal p. 67
2005Myliobatoidea Kriwet
2007Myliobatoidea Kriwet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
superfamilyMyliobatoidea
superfamilyMyliobatoidea

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. †Myliobatoidea
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G. †Ixobatis Noubhani and Cappetta 1995
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Ixobatis mucronata Arambourg 1952
G. †Promyliobatis Jaekel 1894
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Promyliobatis gazolai de Zigno 1885
Fm. †Rhombodontidae Cappetta 1987
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G. †Pucabatis Cappetta 1975
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Pucabatis hoffstetteri Cappetta 1975
G. †Rhombodus Dames 1881
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Rhombodus andriesi Noubhani and Cappetta 1994
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881
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Invalid names: Rhombodus haasi Dartevelle and Casier 1943 [synonym]
Rhombodus ibericus Kriwet et al. 2007
Rhombodus levis Cappetta and Case 1975
Rhombodus meridionalis Arambourg 1952
Rhombodus microdon Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available