Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Parent taxon: Ichthyodectiformes according to L. Cavin et al. 2013
See also Applegate 1970, Cope 1887, Jordan 1963 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Aidachar, Allothrissopidae, Allothrissops, Antarctithrissops, Ascalabothrissops, Chuhsiungichthiidae, Chuhsiungichthys, Cladocyclidae, Cooyoo, Faugichthys, Garganoichthys, Heckelichthys, Ichthyodectidae, Ichthyodectoidei, Mesoclupea, Occithrissops, Ogunichthys, Pachythrissops, Proportheus, Sultanuvaisia, Thrissops, Unamichthys, Vallecillichthys
Subtaxa: Asiamericana Gillicus Gwawinapterus Gwawinapterus beardi Prosaurodon Saurocephalus Saurodon Verraesichthys
Type: Saurodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia, Manitoba), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences