Family Phrynidae Blanchard 1852 (whip spider)
Arachnida - Amblypygi - Phrynidae
Synonym: Electrophrynidae Petrunkevitch 1971
Parent taxon: Phrynoidea according to L. Prendini 2025
See also Dunlop and Mrugalla 2015, Dunlop et al. 2013, Engel and Grimaldi 2014 and Garwood et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Britopygus Electrophrynus Electrophrynus mirus Phryninae
Type: Phrynus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections), Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence