†family Aerophasmidae Martynov 1928
Insecta - Dicondylia - Aerophasmidae
Alternative spelling: Aerophasmatidae
Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1928. A new Fossil Form of Phasmatodea from Galkino (Turkestan), and on Mesozoic Phasmids in general. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1:319-328
Parent taxon: Holophasmatodea according to M. S. Engel et al. 2016
See also Martynov 1928, Sharov 1968 and Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Aeroplanidae, Phasmatodea, Prochresmodoidea, Susumanioidea, Xiphopteridea
Subtaxa: Aerophasmatinae Chresmodellinae Cretophasmatinae
Type: Aerophasma
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (5), Kazakhstan (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences