Family Gymnuridae Fowler 1934

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5 and Article 40.2

Pteroplateinae Gill 1873:790 [ref. 17631] (subfamily) Pteroplatea

Gymnurinae Fowler 1934a:241 [ref. 1416] (subfamily) Gymnura [not preoccupied by (invalid) Gymnurinae Gill 1872 in mammals, that name being based on the not valid mammalian genus Gymnura Lesson 1827; family-group name used as valid by: Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Stehmann 1974 [ref. 21659], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], McEachran & Séret 1990 [ref. 19318], Allen & Robertson 1994 [ref. 22193], Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001, Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Jacobsen & Bennett 2009 [ref. 30470], Last & Stevens 2009]