†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

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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

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