The PEDIGREE of
Superorder Batoidea (Rays and Skates)

     ('Children' listed in order of cladistic closeness to Myliobatiformes)

 "Child(ren)":       Order Myliobatiformes (Stingrays & kin)   ;   Rajiformes (skates : guitarfishes : etc.)   ;   Pristiformes (sawfish)   ;   Torpediniformes (electric rays)
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/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa   +====> [ 70]
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Deuterostomia (Chordates, Echinoderms, & kin)
/-- Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets)
/-- Clade Craniata
/-- Subphylum Vertebrata  (510 M BC - ?)
/-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
/-- Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes)  (400 M BC)
/-- Subclass Elasmobranchii (Sharks and Rays)
/-- Infraclass Euselachii (Sharks and Rays)
/-- Division Neoselachii
/  
- Superorder Batoidea (Rays and Skates)
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Family Myliobatidae (Eagle Rays)
 
  ``5-Great Grandchild:''       Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
 

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