†family Mycteropidae Cope 1886 (eurypterid)
Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Mycteropidae
Synonym: Woodwardopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1959
Parent taxon: Hibbertopteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Poschmann and Rozefelds 2022, Schram 1984, Selden et al. 2005 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Drepanopteridae, Hibbertopteridae
Subtaxa: Megarachne Mycterops Woodwardopterus
Type: Mycterops
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania)
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence