Parent taxon: Polyneoptera according to Y. Wang et al. 2026
See also Engel and Grimaldi 2004, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Misof et al. 2014, Sharov 1968, Terry and Whiting 2005 and Wipfler et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Anartioptera, Archaeorthoptera, Belebeus, Blattopteroidea, Dermapterida, Dermoplectopterida, Eukinolabia, Gallophasmatidae, Haplocercata, Hebeigrammidae, Holopandictyoptera, Ideliopsis, Kitshuga, Magicivenidae, Mantoblattidae, Menatacridium, Mystroptera, Notoptera, Orthacanthacris incertus, Orthoptera, Orthopteroidea, Paoliida, Parablattogryllus, Permofossilis, Plecopterida, Polyplecoptera, Protorthoptera, Spectra, Suksunus
Subtaxa: Zorotypidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections), Ethiopia (1)
• Cretaceous of Jordan (1), Myanmar (6)
Total: 11 collections including 19 occurrences