Evolution of Stingrays

Like sharks sting rays don't really have bones and instead have a skeleton made out of cartilage. This means there bodies don't fossilize very well and are usually lost to time. Despite this there is a lot that their genetics, close relatives and the few scant complete fossils can tell us about how they evolved.

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