Family Alepisauridae Swainson 1839

Alepisaurinae Swainson 1839:175, 240 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Alepisaurus [stem changed to Alepidosaurby Gill 1862g:127 [ref. 1660] based on Alepidosaurus; stem changed to Alepisaurid- by Gill 1884b:620–621 [ref. 33060]; stem sometimes seen as Aleposaur- or Alepesaur-]

Plagyodontoidei Bleeker 1870–75:151 [ref. 428] (family) Plagyodontis