†superfamily Waeringopteroidea Lamsdell 2025 (eurypterid)
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
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