†family Strobilopteridae Lamsdell 2025 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Strobilopteridae

Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell. 2025. Codex Eurypterida: A Revised Taxonomy Based on Concordant Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 473:1-196

Parent taxon: Dolichopteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

See also Dunlop et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Dolichopteridae, Erieopteridae

Subtaxa: Barusopterus Buffalopterus Strobilopterus

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Type: Strobilopterus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Ohio, Wyoming collections)

• Silurian of Estonia (2), United States (2: New York)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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