†family Dolichopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering and Stromer 1952 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae
Parent taxon: Stylonuroidea according to E. O. Tetlie et al. 2007
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Parastylonuridae, Stylonuridae
Subtaxa: Clarkeipterus Dolichopterus Malongia Ruedemannipterus
Type: Dolichopterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: Ohio collection)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 12 collections including 19 occurrences