Family Lepisosteidae Bonaparte 1835

“les lépisostées de …” Cuvier 1824:307 [ref. 32592] (no family-group name)

Lepidosteidae Bonaparte 1835:[8] [ref. 32242] (family) Lepisosteus [also as subfamily Lepidosteini; Lepidosteus inferred from the stem, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; corrected to Lepisosteidae by Guichenot 1839:2 [ref. 33128], confirmed by Adams in Adams, Baikie & Barron 1854:93 [ref. 31954] and by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:108 [ref. 2443]]

Ostéosomes Guichenot 1839:2 [ref. 33128] (family) Lepisosteus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Psallisostomidae Fowler 1906a:81 [ref. 1371] (family) Psallisostomus Fowler [also Fowler 1906d:88 [ref. 7112] and Fowler 1907c:6 [ref 32671]]