After Thies, 1989 Olsen & McCune, 1991, Brito & Gallo, 2003, and Wenz, 2003, with species from Frickhinger, 1995
<==o †Semionotidae Woodward, 1890 pro parte, non Lehman, 1966 [Lepidotidae] [Semionotidae Woodward, 1890 in partim] |?- †Austrolepidotes cuyanus |?- †Araripelepidotes temnurus (Agassiz, 1841) Silva Santos, 1985 |?- †Pliodetes nigeriensis L. Cret. WAf. |?- †Cyrodus |?-o †Paralepidotus U. Perm. U. Trias. Eu. | `-- †P. ornatus |--o †Semionotus Agassiz, 1832 [?Archaeosemionotus, Ischypetrus] L.-U. Trias. Eu. ?L. Trias. SA. U. Trias. Aus. SAf. NA. | |-- †S. bergeri | |-- †S. kapffi | |-- †S. normanniae | |-- †S. canabensis | |-- †S. tenuiceps -group | |-- †S. micropterus -group | `--o †S. elegans -group [9 species?] | |-- †S. elegans | |?- †S. kanabensis (Schaeffer & Dunkle, 1950) | `?- †S. minor [=? Lepidotes minor Agassiz, 1837] `--o †Lepidotes Agassiz, 1832 [Synonyms] U. Trias. L. Cret. ?U. Cret. Eu. U. Trias. L. Cret. Af. NA. U. Trias. U. Cret. As. ?Trias. L. Jur. U. Cret. SA. L. Jur. Mad. |-- †L. affinis Fricke, 1875 |-- †L. alagoensis Gallo, 2000 |-- †L. bernissartensis Traquair, 1910 |-- †L. congolensis |-- †L. deccanensis Sykes, 1851 |-- †L. decoratus Wagner, 1863 |-- †L. degenhardti Branco, 1885 |-- †L. dixseptiensis Silva Santos, 1963 [scales only] |-- †L. elvensis (Blainville, 1818) [Lepidotes gigas Agassiz, 1832] |-- †L. gallinecki (Michael, 1893) [Prolepidotes gallinecki Michael, 1893] |-- †L. gloriae Thies, 1989 |-- †L. ilergetis Sauvage, 1903 |-- †L. intermedius Wagner, 1863 |-- †L. itieri Thiollière, 1873 |-- †L. koeneni Branco, 1887 |-- †L. laevigatus Sauvage, 1879 |-- †L. laevis Agassiz, 1837 |-- †L. latifrons Woodward, 1893 |-- †L. leedsi Woodward, 1895 |-- †L. lenneri Sauvage, 1893 [=? L. lennieri] |-- †L. llewellyni |-- †L. macrocheirus Egerton, 1845 |-- †L. mantelli Agassiz, 1834 |-- †L. mawsoni Woodward, 1888 |-- †L. maximus Wagner, 1863 |-- †L. minor Agassiz, 1833 |-- †L. notopterus Agassiz, 1837 |-- †L. oblongus Agassiz, 1837 |-- †L. oliveirai Silva Santos, 1969 [scales only] |-- †L. palliatus Agassiz, 1837 |-- †L. pankowskii Forey, López-Arbarello & MacLeod, 2011 |-- †L. piauhyensis Roxo & Löfgren, 1936 |-- †L. pusillus Bocchino, 1973 |-- †L. pustulosus |-- †L. roxoi Silva Santos, 1953 |-- †L. semiserratus |-- †L. souzai |?- †L. subovatus (Münster, 1842) [Scrobodus Münster, 1842] |-- †L. tendaguruensis Arratia & Schultze, 1999 |-- †L. toombsi Jain & Robinson, 1963 |-- †L. unguiculatus Agassiz, 1837 |-- †L. wenzae Brito & Gallo, 2003 |-- †L. xinjinensis Su, 1983 `--+-- †L. microrhis Wenz, 2003 `-- †L. tanyrhis Wenz, 2003
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