Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Myliobatiformes (Order) Compagno, 1973

Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025); [Nelson et al., 2016: 94].

Alternative positions

Masticura (Suborder) (Gill, 1872)	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.
Myliobatoidea (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 600).
Myliobatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 843.
Myliobatoidei (Suborder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 46; [Nelson et al., 2016: 94].

Historical positions

Myliobatoidei (Suborder) Compagno, 1973	Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 46.
Myliobatiformes (Order) Compagno, 1973	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno et al., 1989
Myliobatoidea (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 600).
Myliobatoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 843-844; 1114.
Masticura (Suborder) (Gill, 1872)	Ref: D.S. Jordan, 1923: 105.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;8s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 May 2025	[1g;8s]
1982	J.D. McEachran: 843	1g;10s