[4] It was probably a relatively slow swimmer that was capable of making fine movements in order to remove prey from the seafloor.

[5] The teeth of Scheenstia were historically known as toadstones, and were attributed magical and medicinal properties in Medieval Europe, with some being incorporated into jewelry, including on a crown held at Aachen Cathedral used to crown Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Lepidotes has been one of the greatest actinopterygian wastebasket taxa, with one 2012 study finding species referrable to a minimum of three different and distantly related genera.

A cladogram showing the relations of Neopterygii was published in the review, and a simplified version labelling the previous species of Lepidotes is shown here.

[1] Sangiorgioichthys Luoxiongchthys Notagogus Macrosemius Propterus Semionotus Semiolepsis Paralepidotus Macrosemimimus Tlayuamichin Callipurbeckia (incl.