†family Hibbertopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae
Synonym: Cyrtoctenidae Waterston et al. 1985
Parent taxon: Hibbertopteroidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Mycteropidae, Drepanopteridae
Subtaxa: Campylocephalus Cyrtoctenus Hastimima Hibbertopterus
Type: Hibbertopterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Arizona)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: New Mexico, Virginia)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence