†superfamily Waeringopteroidea Lamsdell 2025 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida

Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell. 2025. Codex Eurypterida: A Revised Taxonomy Based on Concordant Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 473:1-196

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Tetlie and Cuggy 2007

Sister taxa: Adelophthalmoidea, Carcinosomatoidea, Pterygotioidea, Pterygotoidea

Subtaxa: Waeringopteridae

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Type: Waeringopteridae

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (6: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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