†family Perimecturidae Peach 1908 (arthropod)
Malacostraca - Palaeostomatopoda - Perimecturidae
Parent taxon: Palaeostomatopodea according to F. R. Schram 1979
See also Brooks 1969, Glaessner 1969, Jenner et al. 1998, Schram 1969 and Schram 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeocarididae, Eopteridae
Subtaxa: Bairdops Perimecturus
Type: Perimecturus
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Granton Lagerstätte, Midland Valley, Scotl. (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)