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Ceratoptera

Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

Taxonomy
Ceratoptera is a genus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Manta by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Ceratopterina by Jaekel (1894); and to Mobulidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ceratoptera Jaekel p. 63
1963Ceratoptera Jordan p. 605

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderMyliobatiformesCompagno 1973
familyMyliobatidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMobulinae(Gill 1893)
genusCeratoptera

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available