| Mycteroptidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous-Late Permian,
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Reconstruction of Megarachne servinei. | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Stylonurina |
| Superfamily: | †Mycteropoidea |
| Family: | †Mycteroptidae Cope, 1886 |
| Type genus | |
| Mycterops Cope, 1886
| |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Mycteroptidae are a family of eurypterids, a group of extinct chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Mycteropoidea (along with Hibbertopteridae and Drepanopteridae), which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.
Mycteroptids were sweep-feeding eurypterids known from the Late Carboniferous[1] to the Late Permian.[2]
- ^ James C. Lamsdell, Simon J. Braddy & O. Erik Tetlie (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (1): 49–61. doi:10.1080/14772011003603564. S2CID 85398946.
- ^ Poschmann, Markus J.; Rozefelds, Andrew (2021). "The last eurypterid – a southern high-latitude record of sweep-feeding sea scorpion from Australia constrains the timing of their extinction". Historical Biology. 33 (12): 121–138. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1998033. S2CID 252467508.