Insecta - Dicondylia - Geraridae
Synonyms: Archaeacridites Meunier 1909, Genopteryx Scudder 1885, Rossites Richardson 1956, Sthenaropoda Brongniart 1885
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Palaeodictyoptera; or the affinities and classification of Paleozoic Hexapoda. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3(11):319-351
Parent taxon: Geraridae according to O. Béthoux and A. Nel 2002
See also Béthoux and Nel 2003, Burnham 1983, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Richardson 1956, Scudder 1885 and Sharov 1968
Sister taxa: Anepitedius, Axiologus, Cantabrala, Genentomum, Gerarulus, Hirsutgerarus, Nacekomia, Osnogerarus, Owadpteron, Parapalaeomastax, Ploetzgerarus, Progenentomum, Berlichia
Subtaxa: Gerarus collaris Gerarus constrictus Gerarus danielsi Gerarus fischeri Gerarus mazonus Gerarus symmetricus Gerarus teutonicus Gerarus vetus
Type: Gerarus vetus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (3 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (10: Illinois)
Total: 16 collections including 32 occurrences
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