†family Eurypteridae Burmeister 1845 (eurypterid)
Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Eurypteridae
Parent taxon: Eurypteroidea according to O. E. Tetlie 2006
See also Guthörl 1934 and Tetlie 2002
Sister taxa: Erieopteridae, Paraeurypterus, Pentlandopterus
Subtaxa: Eurypterus Vinetopterus
Type: Eurypterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Westphalian of Germany (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: New Brunswick), Germany (2)
• Devonian of Germany (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), Norway (6), Sweden (2), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: Maryland, New York, Ohio, West Virginia)
Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences