†family Rhenopteridae Størmer 1951 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Rhenopteridae
Synonym: Brachyopterellidae Tollerton 1989
Parent taxon: Rhenopteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010
See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Brachyopterella Brachyopterus Kiaeropterus Leiopterella Rhenopterinae
Type: Rhenopterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavat collection), Germany (3)
• Silurian of Norway (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: New York, Pennsylvania)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences