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Myliobatiformes
Myliobatiformes
is one of the four
orders
of
batoids
,
cartilaginous fishes
related to sharks. They were formerly included in the order
Rajiformes
, but more recent
phylogenetic
studies have shown the myliobatiforms to be a
monophyletic group
, and its more
derived
members evolved their highly flattened shapes independently of the
skate
s.
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