After Carroll, 1988, Long, 1995, Poyato-Ariza, López-Horgue & Garcia-Garmilla, 2000, Hay, Cumbaa, Murray & Plint, 2007, and Murray & Wilson, 2013

<==o †Ellimmichthyiformes Grande, 1982 sensu Murray & Wilson, 2013
   |?- †Ellimmichthyiformes genera et species indet. [Lebanon]
   |?- †Ellimmichthyiformes genera et species indet. [Israel]
   |?- †Coboichthys carnavalii Silva-Santos, 1994
   |?- †Horseshoeichthys armigserratus Newbrey, Murray, Brinkman, Wilson, & Neuman, 2010
   |?- †Ornategulum sardinioides (Pictet, 1850) Forey, 1973
   |--o †Armigatoidei Murray & Wilson, 2013
   |  `--o †Armigatidae Murray & Wilson, 2013
   |     |--o †Armigatus Grande, 1982
   |     |  |-- †A. brevissimus (Blainville, 1818) Grande, 1982
   |     |  |-- †A. alticorpus Forey, Yi, Patterson & Davies, 2003
   |     |  `-- †A. namourensis Forey, Yi, Patterson & Davies, 2003
   |     `--o †Diplomystus Cope, 1877 [Copeichthys; Histurius; Hyperlophus (a pellonuline clupeid); ?Oncochetos] L.Cret. SWAs. L.Cret.-Eoc. Af. NAm. SAm. L.Cret.-Mioc. Eu. (in partim)
   |        |-- †D. birdi Woodward, 1895 [=? D. bairdi (lapsus calami?)]
   |        `--+-- †D. dubertreti Signeux, 1951
   |           `--+-- †D. dentatus Cope, 1877
   |              `-- †D. shengliensis Zhang et al., 1985
   `--o †Ellimmichthyoidei Grande, 1982 sensu Murray & Wilson, 2013
      |--o †Sorbinichthys Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000 [Sorbinichthyidae Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000]
      |  |-- †S. elusivo Bannikov & Bacchia, 2000
      |  `-- †S. africanus Murray & Wilson 2011
      `--o †Paraclupeidae Chang & Chou, 1977 sensu Murray & Wilson, 2013 [Ellimmichthyidae Grande, 1982a]
         |?- †Ezkutuberezi carmeni Poyato-Ariza, López-Horgue & Garcia-Garmilla 2000; L.Cret. SWEu.
         |?- †“Ellimmichthyslongicostatus (Cope, 1886)
         |--o †Scutatospinosinae Silva Santos & Correa, 1985
         |  |-- †Scutatospinosus itapagipensis Silva Santos & Correa, 1985
         |  |-- †Kwangoclupea dartevellei (Casier, 1965) Taverne, 1997a [“Diplomystus” dartevellei Casier, 1965] L.Cret. CAf.
         |  `?- †Leufuichthys minimus Gallo, Calvo & Kellner, 2011; L.Cret. SSAm.
         `--+--o †Thorectichthys Murray & Wilson, 2013 [Thorectichthyinae Murray & Wilson, 2013]
            |  |-- †T. marocensis Murray & Wilson, 2013
            |  `-- †T. rhadinus Murray & Wilson, 2013
            `--o †Paraclupeinae Chang & Chou, 1977 sensu Poyato-Ariza, López-Horgue & Garcia-Garmilla, 2000
               |-- †Ellimma branneri (Jordan, 1910) Jordan, 1913 [taxonomic history] [Ellimminae Murray & Wilson, 2013]
               `--+--o †Ellimmichthyinae Grande, 1982a sensu Murray & Wilson, 2013
                  |  |--o †Ellimmichthys Jordan, 1919; E.Cret. SAm.
                  |  |  |-- †E. goodi (Eastman, 1912) [Diplomystus goodi Eastman, 1912; incl. Diplomystus elberti Weiler, 1922; Ellimma guineensis Gayet, 1989]
                  |  |  |-- †E. maceioensis Malabarba et al., 2004
                  |  |  `-- †E. cruzi Silva-Santos 1990
                  |  `--+-- †“Diplomystus” solignaci Gaudant & Gaudant, 1971
                  |     `-- †Rhombichthys intoccabilis Khalloufi, Zaragüeta-Bagils & Lelièvre, 2010
                  `--o †Paraclupeinae Chang & Chou, 1977 sensu Murray & Wilson, 2013
                     |--o †Triplomystus Forey et al., 2003 [Triplomystini Murray & Wilson, 2013]
                     |  |-- †T. noorae Forey et al., 2003
                     |  |-- †T. oligosculatus Forey et al., 2003
                     |  `-- †T. applegatei Alvarado-Ortega & Ovalles-Damián, 2008
                     `--o †Paraclupeini Chang & Chou, 1977
                        |-- †Tycheroichthys dunveganensis Hay, Cumbaa, Murray & Plint, 2007; U.Cret. WNAm.
                        `-- †Paraclupea chetungensis Sun, 1956; L.Cret. EAs.


    ?†“Diplomystus” altisomus Yabumoto, 1994
    ?†“Diplomystus” kokuraensis Uyeno, 1979
    ?†“Diplomystus” primotius Uyeno, 1979
    †Diplomystus sp. Forey et al., 2004 [“D. paredentulous” Forey et al., 2003 (nomen nudum)]


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