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Geraridae

Insecta - Geraridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Geraridae Scudder p. 342
1906Sthenaropodidae Handlirsch p. 141
1906Geraridae Handlirsch p. 146
1911Geraridae Handlirsch
1919Geraridae Handlirsch p. 540
1919Sthenaropodidae Handlirsch p. 548
1922Geraridae Handlirsch p. 74
1922Sthenaropodidae Handlirsch p. 83
1928Stenaropodidae Martynov
1931Stenaropodidae Martynov p. 156
1954Stenaropodidae Riek p. 163
1956Genopterygidae Richardson p. 41
1968Sthenaropodidae Sharov
1992Geraridae Carpenter p. 122
2007Geraridae Gorochov p. 622
2019Geraridae Dvořák et al. p. 791

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
—PanorthopteraCrampton 1928
familyGeraridae
familyGeraridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Geraridae Scudder 1885
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G. †Anepitedius Handlirsch 1911
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†Anepitedius giraffa Handlirsch 1911
G. †Axiologus Handlirsch 1906
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†Axiologus thoracicus Handlirsch 1906
G. †Cantabrala Kukalová-Peck and Brauckmann 1992
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†Cantabrala gandli Kukalová-Peck and Brauckmann 1992
G. †Genentomum Scudder 1885
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†Genentomum subacutum Bolton 1911
†Genentomum validum Scudder 1885
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Invalid names: Genentomum carri Cockerell 1917 [synonym]
G. †Gerarulus Handlirsch 1911
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†Gerarulus radialis Handlirsch 1911
G. †Gerarus Scudder 1885
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†Gerarus collaris Handlirsch 1911
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Invalid names: Gerarus longicollis Handlirsch 1911 [synonym]
†Gerarus constrictus Scudder 1885
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Invalid names: Gerarus angustus Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Gerarus latus Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Gerarus longus Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Gerarus reductus Handlirsch 1911 [synonym], Rossites inopinus Richardson 1956 [synonym]
†Gerarus danielsi Handlirsch 1906
†Gerarus fischeri Brongniart 1885
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Invalid names: Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier 1909 [synonym], Archaeacridites elegantissima Meunier 1909 [synonym], Sthenaropoda agnusi Lameere 1917 [synonym], Sthenaropoda lerichei Lameere 1917 [synonym]
†Gerarus mazonus Scudder 1885
†Gerarus symmetricus Bolton 1934
†Gerarus teutonicus Brauckmann and Herd 2005
†Gerarus vetus Scudder 1885
Invalid names: Archaeacridites Meunier 1909 [synonym], Genopteryx Scudder 1885 [synonym], Rossites Richardson 1956 [synonym], Sthenaropoda Brongniart 1885 [synonym]
G. †Hirsutgerarus Zessin 2012
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†Hirsutgerarus saxonicus Zessin 2012
G. †Nacekomia Richardson 1956
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†Nacekomia rossae Richardson 1956
G. †Osnogerarus Kukalová-Peck and Brauckmann 1992
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†Osnogerarus trecwithiensis Kukalová-Peck and Brauckmann 1992
G. †Owadpteron Dvořák et al. 2019
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†Owadpteron dareki Dvořák et al. 2019
G. †Parapalaeomastax Dvořák et al. 2019
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†Parapalaeomastax dariuszi Dvořák et al. 2019
G. †Ploetzgerarus Zessin 2009
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†Ploetzgerarus krempieni Zessin 2009
G. †Progenentomum Handlirsch 1906
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†Progenentomum carbonis Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Genopterygidae Richardson 1956 [synonym], Sthenaropodidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Stephanian C or 318.70000 to 300.40000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Poland Owadpteron dareki, Parapalaeomastax dariuszi (107805)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Genentomum subacutum (127291)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Wales) Gerarus symmetricus (151398)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Germany (Lower Saxony) Geraridae indet. (122515) Gerarus teutonicus (122518) Osnogerarus trecwithiensis (126589)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Somerset) Gerarus danielsi (156594)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Genentomum carri (122527) Gerarus collaris, Genopteryx constricta, Genentomum validum, Gerarus vetus, Gerarus mazonus, Gerarus longus, Gerarus angustus, Axiologus thoracicus (21981) Gerarus danielsi (122512) Gerarus danielsi, Progenentomum carbonis (146857) Gerarus latus, Gerarus collaris, Gerarus reductus, Gerarus longicollis, Gerarulus radialis, Anepitedius giraffa (112630) Gerarus vetus (151855) Gerarus vetus, Gerarus danielsi (151848 151849) Gerarus vetus, Gerarus danielsi, Nacekomia rossae (112638) Rossites inopinus (122530 122531)
Cantabrian307.5 - 305.1Spain Cantabrala gandli (126590)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Gerarus fischeri, Sthenaropoda lerichei, Archaeacridites bruesi, Archaeacridites elegantissima, Sthenaropoda fischeri (121979) Sthenaropoda fischeri, Sthenaropoda lerichei, Archaeacridites bruesi (103635)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany Hirsutgerarus saxonicus (163476) Ploetzgerarus krempieni (122505)