Superfamily Prothoplophoroidea Ewing 1917
Alternative spelling: Protoplophoroidea
Parent taxon: Enarthronota according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also SubĂas and Arillo 2002
Sister taxa: Devonacaridae, Hypochthonioidea, Protochthoniidae
Subtaxa: Cosmochthoniidae Prothoplophoridae
Distribution: found only at Fair Head, Ballycastle (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)