†superfamily Rhenopteroidea Størmer 1951 (eurypterid)
Synonym: Brachyopterelloidea Tollerton 1989
Parent taxon: Stylonurina according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Kokomopteroidea, Mycteropoidea, Stylonuroidea
Subtaxa: Brachyopteridae Rhenopteridae
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 (4: New York, Pennsylvania)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences