†family Saurocephalidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Osteoglossiformes - Saurocephalidae
Alternative spelling: Saurocephalinae
Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Heterosteoglossum, Lopadichthys, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Osteoglossoidei, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys
Subtaxa: none
Type: Saurocephalus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)