†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
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