Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Parent taxon: Ichthyodectoidei according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Applegate 1970, Cavin et al. 2013, Cope 1887, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Stewart 1999 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Bardackichthyidae, Ichthyodectidae, Unamichthyidae
Subtaxa: Gillicus Gwawinapterus Gwawinapterus beardi Prosaurodon Saurocephalus Saurodon Verraesichthys
Type: Saurodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba), Italy (1), Jordan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (15: Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 27 collections including 33 occurrences