†superfamily Dolichopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering and Størmer 1952 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida

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

Sister taxa: Alkenopteroidea, Diploperculata, Eurypteroidea, Megalograptoidea, Moselopteroidea, Onychopterelloidea, Wiedopterus

Subtaxa: Dolichopteridae Erieopteridae Strobilopteridae

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Northern Territories, Northwest Territories collections), Germany (1), United States (4: New York, Ohio, Wyoming)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut), Estonia (2), Norway (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (16: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan and Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania)

• Ordovician of Türkiye (1)

Total: 33 collections including 46 occurrences

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