†family Rhenopteridae Størmer 1951 (eurypterid)
Synonym: Brachyopterellidae Tollerton 1989
Parent taxon: Rhenopteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell et al. 2010 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxon: Brachyopteridae
Subtaxa: Brachyopterella Kiaeropterus Leiopterella Rhenopterinae Rhenopterus Stylonuroides
Type: Rhenopterus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavat collection), Germany (4), the Russian Federation (2)
• Silurian of Norway (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences