After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994, Taverne & Chanet, 2000, Arratia, Scasso & Kiessling, 2004, and Alvarado-Ortega & Brito, 2010
<==o †Ichthyodectiformes Bardeck & Sprinkle, 1969 |?- †Ascalabothrissops Arratia, 2000 |?-o †Chiromystus | |-- †C. mawsoni Cope, 1886 | `-- †C. alagoensis Jordan, 1910 |?-o †Occithrissops M. Jur. NA. [Occithrissopidae] | `-- †O. willsoni Schaeffer & Patterson, 1984 |?-o †Pachythrissops U. Jur. L. Cret. Eu. [has been treated as elopiform (Carroll, 1988)] | `-- †P. propterus |?-o †Allothrissopidae Patterson & Rosen, 1977 | |--o †Allothrissops U. Jur. L. Cret. Eu. | | |-- †A. mesogaster | | `-- †A. salmoneus | `-- † Antarctithrissops australis Arratia, Scasso & Kiessling, 2004; U. Jur. Ant. |?-o †Thryptodontidae [Plethodontidae Loomis, 1900] [problematic, see Tselfatiiformes] | |-- †Martinichthys U. Cret. NA. | |-- †Paranogmius doederleini Weiler, 1935; U. Cret. NAf. | |--o †Plethodus Dixon, 1850; U. Cret. Eu. NAf. | | |?- P. libycus [nomen dubium, type lost] | | |?- P. tibniensis Schaal, 1984 | | `-- P. expansus Dixon | |-- †Syntengmodus Loomis, 1900; U. Cret. NA. | |-- †Thryptodus Loomis, 1900 [?Pseudothryptodus Loomis, 1900] U. Cret. NA. | `--o †Zanclites U. Cret. NA. | `-- †Z. xenurus `--o †Ichthyodectoidei Romer, 1966 [Ichthyodectidae Crook, 1892 sensu Carroll, 1988] |--o †Proportheus L. Cret. WAf. [=? Cladocyclus sensu Patterson & Rosen, 1977] | `-- †P. kameruni Jaekel, 1909 |?- †Prymnites longiventer |-- †Spathodactylus Pictet, 1853; L. Cret. Eu. [a herring?] `--o †Ichthyodectidae Crook, 1892 [non Patterson & Rosen, 1977] sensu Taverne & Chanet, 2000 |--o †Thrissops U. Jur. U. Cret. Eu. NAf. | |-- †T. cirinensis | `-- †T. formosus `--+-- †Ogunichthys triangularis Alvarado-Ortega & Brito, 2010; E.Cret. NESAm. `--+-- †Unamichthys espinosai Alvarado-Ortega, 2004; E.Cret. NESAm. [Unamichthyidae Alvarado-Ortega, 2004] `--+--o †Eubiodectes U. Cret. WAs. | `-- †E. libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, 1866) `--+--o †Chirocentrites L. Cret. Eu. | |-- †C. vexillifer | `-- †C. coroninii `--+--o †Cladocyclus Agassiz, 1841; L.Cret. SA. NWAf. [Cladocyclinae, Cladocyclidae] | |-- †C. gardneri Agassiz, 1841 | |?- ?†C. ferus Silva Santos, 1950 [=? C. gardneri Agassiz, 1841] | `-- †C. pankowskii Forey & Cavin, 2007 `--+-- †Cooyoo australis L. Cret. Aust. `--+-- †Faugichthys loryi Taverne & Chanet, 2000, L. Cret. WEu. `--+--o †Saurodontinae [Saurodontidae] | |?- Prosaurodon pygmaeus (Loomis, 1900) | |--o †Saurocephalus L.-U. Cret. Eu. U. Cret. NA. ?NAf. | | `-- †S. lanciformis Harlan, 1824 | `--o †Saurodon [Daptinus] U. Cret. Eu. ?NAf. | `-- †S. leanus Hays, 1830 `--o †Ichthyodectinae Crook, 1892 |--o †Gillicus L.-U. Cret. Eu. NA. | |-- †G. arcuatus Cope, 1875 [Portheus arcuatus] | `-- †G. serridens Woodward, 1901 `--+--o †Xiphactinus Leidy, 1856 [Portheus; Polygonodon vetus Leidy, 1856] L.-U. Cret. NA. Aus. Eu. | |-- †X. vetus Leidy, 1856 | `-- †X. audax Leidy, 1870 non Gallagher, 1993 `--o †Ichthyodectes L.-U. Cret. Eu. NA. NAf. |-- †I. ctenodon `-- †I. bardacki Cavin, 1997
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