After Ahlberg & Johanson, 1998, Johanson & Ahlberg, 1998, and Brazeau, 2005
<==o †Rhizodontida Andrews & Westoll, 1970 |?- †Propycnotenion |?- †Pycnoctenion Vorobyeva, in Vorobeva & Obrucheva, in Menner (ed.), 1977 |-- †Gooloogongia loomesi Johanson & Ahlberg, 1998 `--+-- †Notorhizodon macelveyi Young, Long & Ritchie, 1992; L.Dev. Aust. [treated as tristichopterid by Clement (2002)] |?- †Spodichthys buetleri Jarvik, 1985; L.Dev. NENA. (Greenland) [treated as tristichopterid by Clement (2002)] |?-o †Sauripteridae Davis, Shubin & Daeschler, 2004 | |-- †Aztecia mahalae Johanson & Ahlberg, 2001; E.Carb. Ant. | `--o †Sauripterus Hall, 1843 [Sauripteris] L.Dev. NA. | |-- †S. taylori Hall, 1843 | `-- †S. halli `--o †“Rhizodontidae” sensu stricto? |?- †Archichthys portlocki (Portlock, 1843 ex Agassiz MS) Hancock & Athey, 1870 [taxonomic history] Carb. WEu. |?- †Letognathus hardingi (Dawson, 1868) Brazeau, 2005 [taxonomic history] E.Carb. NA. |-- †Barameda decipiens (Woodward, 1909) Long, 1989 [Strepsodus decipiens Woodward, 1909] L.Carb. Aust. `--+-- †Screbinodus ornatus Andrews, 1985 `--+-- †Rhizodus hibberti Owen, 1840 `-- †Strepsodus sauroides (Binney, 1841) Huxley, in Huxley & Etheridge, 1865 [taxonomic history] Carb. WEu. ENAm. Aust.
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