†family Eurypteridae Burmeister 1845 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Parent taxon: Eurypteroidea according to O. E. Tetlie 2006
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Guthörl 1934, Størmer 1955 and Tetlie 2002
Sister taxa: Erieopteridae, Paraeurypterus, Pentlandopterus, Strobilopteridae
Subtaxa: Eurypterus
Type: Eurypterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Norway (1)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), Norway (6), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (18: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences