Synonyms: Laurieipteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1966, Pageidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
Parent taxon: Stylonuroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell et al. 2010, Novojilov 1958, Størmer 1955 and Tetlie et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Parastylonuridae, Stylonurellidae
Subtaxa: Ctenopterus Laurieipterinae Laurieipterus Pagea Qujingopterus Soligorskopterus Stylonurus
Type: Stylonurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Canada (1: Nunavat), China (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences