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Rajiformes
Berg, 1940
- skates
(fish)
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Batomorphi (Division) - rays
..†Archaeobatidae (Family)
..†Arthrobatidae (Family)
..†Asterodermidae (Family)
..†Belemnobatidae (Family)
..Myliobatiformes (Order) - stingrays
..Rhinopristiformes (Order)
..†Sclerorhynchiformes (Order)
..†Spathobatidae (Family)
..Torpediniformes (Order) - electric rays
..Rajiformes (Order) - skates
....Anacanthobatidae (Family) - legskates
....†Archingeayia (Genus)
....Arhynchobatidae (Family) - softnose skates
....†Cyclobatidae (Family)
....†Engolismaia (Genus)
....Gurgesiellidae (Family) - pygmy skates
....†Hypsobatidae (Family)
....†Mafdetia (Genus)
....†Parapalaeobatidae (Family)
....Rajidae (Family) - hardnose skates
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
L.S. Berg, 1940
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Berg, L.S. 1940: 139 [in Russian], 381 [in English].
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Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Rajidae
(Family)
Blainville, 1816
Variants
Different rank
:
Rajoidea
(Suborder)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
†
Sclerorhynchiformes
(Order)
Kriwet, 2004
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Dasyatoidea
(Superfamily)
Jordan & Gilbert, 1879
Including
:
Myliobatiformes
(Order)
Compagno, 1973
Including
:
Rhinobatiformes
(Order)
Müller & Henle, 1837
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
rogachtigen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
skates
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 84.
:
skates and rays
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