Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Stylonuridae
Synonyms: Laurieipteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1966, Pageidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
Parent taxon: Stylonuroidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell et al. 2010, Novojilov 1958, Størmer 1955 and Tetlie et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Dolichopteridae, Parastylonuridae
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