†family Eoctonidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoctonidae
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
Parent taxon: Eoctonoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxa: Allobuthiscorpiidae, Anthracoscorpionidae, Buthiscorpiidae, Garnettiidae
Subtaxa: Eoctonus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence