†family Acanthoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Acanthoscorpionidae
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
Parent taxon: Acanthoscorpionoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxon: Stenoscorpionidae
Subtaxa: Acanthoscorpio
Type: Acanthoscorpio
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cottonwood Canyon (FMNH excavation) (Devonian of Wyoming)