Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Chondrichthyes - (Order) Myliobatiformes

Current position

Dasyatoidea (Superfamily) Whitley, 1940

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 81.

Alternative positions

Masticura (Suborder) (Gill, 1872)	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.
Myliobatiformes (Order) Compagno, 1973	Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
Myliobatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 843.
Myliobatoidea (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 600.
Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.

Historical positions

Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.
Dasyatoidea (Superfamily) Whitley, 1940	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 81; 76.
Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.
Myliobatiformes (Order) Compagno, 1973	Ref: 1998
Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2451.
Myliobatiformes (Order) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Myliobatoidea (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 600.
Myliobatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 843; 1114.
Rajiformes (Order) Berg, 1940	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Myliobatoidei (Suborder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Masticura (Suborder) (Gill, 1872)	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;41s; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[7g;41s]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 27	7g;44s
1982	J.D. McEachran: 843	4g;19-22s
1973-1975	B. Grzimek	4g~25s