Order Lepisosteiformes Hay 1929 (gar)
Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes
Parent taxon: Ginglymodi according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Agnolín et al. 2023, Betancur et al. 2013, Bryant 1989, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Estes 1964, Grande 2010, Long 2011, López-Arbarello 2012, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Meyer and Zardoya 2003, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Previtera and González Riga 2008, Purdy et al. 2001 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Dapediiformes, Kyphosichthyidae, Kyphosichthyiformes, Macrosemiiformes, Neoginglymodi, Neosemionotus, Semionotiformes
Subtaxa: Isanichthys Lanxangichthys Lepidotes Lepisosteioidei Scheenstia Sheenstia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore