After Gottfried & Krause, 1998 and Gayet, Meunier & Werner, 2002, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 ["The FishBase"]
<==o Lepisosteiformes Hay, 1929 (luuhauet; gars) |?-o †Obaichthys | |?- †O.? laevis | `-- †O. decoratus `--o Lepisosteidae Cuvier, 1825 (luuhauet; gars) |?-o †Paralepidosteus L. Cret. WAf. | |-- †P. praecursor | `-- †P. africanus |?- †“Atractosteus” africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943; U. Cret. NAf. |--o Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820; U.Cret. R. NA. Eoc. Eu. ?U. Cret. WAf. | |-- †A. occidentalis Wiley, 1976 | |-- †A. cuneatus | |-- †A. simplex | |-- †A. atrox | |-- A. spatula (Lacépède, 1803); Mioc. R. SNA. (keihäsluuhauki; Alligator gar) | |-- A. tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (kuubanluuhauki; Cuban gar) | `-- A. tropicus Gill, 1863 (väliamerikanluuhauki; Tropical gar) `--o Lepisosteus Lacépède, 1803; U. Cret. NAf. Ind. Mad. SA. NA.; Ter. R. NA. Car. CA. (luuhauet) |-- †L. cominatoi Santos, 1984 |-- †L. opertus |-- †L. indicus Woodward, 1890 `--+?- †L. sp. [U. Cret. Mad.] [Gottfried & Krause, 1998] |?- †L. sp. ["Atractosteus" africanus Arambourg & Joleaud, 1943; in partim] [U. Cret. NAf.] [Gottfried & Krause, 1998] |-- †L. suessoniensis Pal. NA. Eu. |-- †L. cuneatus Eoc. NA. Eu. |-- †L. strausi Eoc. NA. Eu. [= Atractosteus strausi] |-- †L. fimbriatus Eoc. Olig. NA. Eu. |-- L. oculatus Winchell, 1864 (täpläluuhauki; Spotted gar) |-- L. osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) (pitkäkuonoluuhauki; Longnose gar) |-- L. platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 (lyhytkuonoluuhauki; Shortnose gar) `-- L. platyrhincus DeKay, 1842 (floridanluuhauki; Florida gar)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
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–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Gayet, M., Meunier, F. J. & Werner, C., 2002: Diversification in Polypteriformes and special comparison with the Lepisosteiformes.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 45, #2, pp. 361-376 - Gottfried, M. D. & Krause, D. W., 1998: First record of gars (Lepisosteidae, Actinopterygii) on Madagascar: Late Cretaceous remains from the Mahajanga Basin.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #2, pp. 275-279 - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
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in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 2001, iv-365