†superfamily Mycteropoidea Cope 1886 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida

Synonym: Hibbertopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering 1959

Parent taxon: Stylonurina according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

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

Sister taxa: Kokomopteroidea, Rhenopteroidea, Stylonuroidea, Stylonuroides

Subtaxa: Drepanopteridae Hibbertopteridae Mycteropidae

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Type: Mycterops

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Arizona)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (8: Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

• Devonian of Belgium (1), Canada (2: Northern Territories, Northwest Territories), Germany (1), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Indiana, West Virginia)

Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence

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