Family Myliobatidae Bonaparte 1838 (eagle ray)
Parent taxon: Selachii according to A. S. Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Anacoracoidei, Asterospondyli, Carcharidae, Carchariidae, Cestraciontidae, Cooperella, Ctenacanthoidei, Fortscottella, Galeomorphi, Hammondella, Heterodontoidea, Hexanchoidea, Idiacanthus, Kirkella, Moreyella, Notidanidae, Notidanoidei, Pristidae, Pristiophoridae, Psammodontidae, Rajidae, Scyllidae, Squalimorphi, Tectospondyli, Torpedinidae, Trygonidae
Subtaxa: Aetobatis, Aetomylaeus, Apocopodon, Ceratopterina, Garabatis, Igdabatis, Leidybatis, Mobulinae, Myliobatina, Myliobatinae, Myliobatis, Plinthicus, Pseudohypolophus, Pteromylaeus, Rhinoptera, Rhinopterinae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore