†family Carcinosomatidae Stormer 1934 (eurypterid)
Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
Parent taxon: Carcinosomatoidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Braddy et al. 2002, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Lanarkopteridae, Megalograptidae, Mixopteridae
Subtaxa: Carcinosoma Cruinnopterus Eocarcinosoma Eusarcana Holmipterus Rhinocarcinosoma
Type: Carcinosoma
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Northern Territories, Northwest Territories collections), Czechia (1), Germany (1)
• Silurian of Canada (4: Nunavut, Ontario), Czechia (2), Estonia (1), Libya (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (13: Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (2)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences