†family Eurypteridae Burmeister 1845 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Parent taxon: Eurypteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Guthörl 1934, Størmer 1955, Tetlie 2002 and Tetlie 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eurypterus

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Type: Eurypterus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of Norway (1)

• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), Estonia (2), Norway (6), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (16: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Total: 43 collections including 48 occurrences

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