†family Drepanopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1966 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Drepanopteridae
Parent taxon: Hibbertopteroidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Hibbertopteridae, Mycteropidae
Subtaxa: Drepanopterus
Type: Drepanopterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Northern Territories, Northwest Territories collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Indiana, West Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence