Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                    
 Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                      
 Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                        
 Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                          
 Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                            
 Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                              
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                
 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                  
 Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                    
 Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                      
 Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                        
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                          
 Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                            
 Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                              
 Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                
 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                  
 [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                    
 [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                      
 Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils
                                                        
 Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                                                          
 Division Batomorphi - rays
                                                            
 Order Rajiformes Berg, 1940 - skates
                                                              
 .1 Genus †Archingeayia Vullo, Cappetta & Néraudeau, 2007
                                                              
 .2 Genus †Engolismaia Vullo, Cappetta & Néraudeau, 2007
                                                              
 1 Genus †Mafdetia Werner, 1989, incertae sedis
                                                              
 2 Family †Cyclobatidae Jaekel, 1911
                                                              
 3 Family †Hypsobatidae Cappetta, 1992
                                                              
 4 Family †Parapalaeobatidae Cappetta, 1992
                                                              
 5 Family Rajidaeᵀ Blainville, 1816 - hardnose skates
                                                              
 6 Family Arhynchobatidae Fowler, 1934 - softnose skates
                                                              
 7 Family Gurgesiellidae Buen, 1959 - pygmy skates
                                                              
 8 Family Anacanthobatidae von Bonde & Swart, 1923 - legskates