†family Hibbertopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae

Synonym: Cyrtoctenidae Waterston et al. 1985

Parent taxon: Mycteropoidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Drepanopteridae, Mycteropidae

Subtaxa: Campylocephalus Cyrtoctenus Dunsopterus Glyptoscorpius Hibbertopterus

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Type: Hibbertopterus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

• Carboniferous of Czechia (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: New Mexico, Virginia)

• Devonian of Belgium (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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