†family Gyroblattidae Durden 1969 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Gyroblattidae

Synonyms: Archoblattinidae Schneider 1983, Phoberoblattidae Durden 1969

Full reference: C. J. Durden. 1969. Pennsylvanian correlation using blattoid insects. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 6:1159-1177

Parent taxon: Blattodea according to J. Schneider 1983

See also Durden 1969 and Schneider and Rößler 2023

Sister taxa: Archimylacridae, Blattoidea agilis, Blattoidea confusa, Blattoidea dictyoneura, Blattoidea excellens, Blattoidea propria, Blattoidea separata, Blattoidea singularis, Blattoidea venusta, Mylacridae, Mylacris packardii, Parallelophoridae, Xylophagodea, Ptiloteuthis, Stantonia, Blattoidea acuminata, Gerablattina perita, Spiloblattidae, Blattoidea minima, Blattoidea perbrevis, Neomylacridae, Pseudomylacridae, Argentinoblattidae, Blattoidea delicula, Blattelidae, Proteremidae, Delpuenteblattidae, Blattoidea, Blattoidea bella, Blattoidea minuta, Etoblattina exigua, Blattoidea melanderi, Sinoblatta, Gerablattina richmondiana, Mancusoblattidae, Mesoblattinidae, Blattoidea sellardsiana, Blattoidea relicta, Blattoidea lobata, Megalocerca, Neoblattariae, Acadelytridae, Sinogramma, Hsuopterites, Sinogrammitidae

Subtaxa: Pachyblatta Phylomylacris Progonoblattina

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (17 collections), Germany (3), Morocco (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (10: Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island)

Total: 36 collections including 52 occurrences

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