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Gerarus constrictus

Insecta - Geraridae

Taxonomy
Genopteryx constricta was named by Scudder (1885). It is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Genopteryx.

It was recombined as Gerarus constrictus by Burnham (1983).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Genopteryx constricta Scudder p. 327 figs. Pl 29, fig 11
1906Gerarus longus Handlirsch p. 147 figs. Pl XV fig 3
1906Genopteryx constricta Handlirsch p. 148 figs. Pl XV fig 8
1906Gerarus angustus Handlirsch p. 148 figs. Pl XV fig 6
1906Gerarus longus Handlirsch p. 702 fig. 29
1906Gerarus angustus Handlirsch p. 703 fig. 31
1906Genopteryx constricta Handlirsch p. 704
1911Gerarus latus Handlirsch p. 312 figs. Fig 17
1911Gerarus reductus Handlirsch p. 314 figs. Fig 19, 20
1919Genopteryx constricta Handlirsch p. 540
1919Gerarus latus Handlirsch p. 540
1919Gerarus reductus Handlirsch p. 540
1922Gerarus longus Handlirsch p. 74
1922Genopteryx constricta Handlirsch p. 75
1922Gerarus angustus Handlirsch p. 75
1922Gerarus latus Handlirsch p. 75
1922Gerarus reductus Handlirsch p. 75
1956Rossites inopinus Richardson p. 44 figs. 23-25
1983Gerarus constrictus Burnham p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderArchaeorthoptera
—PanorthopteraCrampton 1928
familyGeraridae
genusGerarus
speciesconstrictus()

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.

†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]
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Genopteryx constricta, Gerarus longus, Gerarus angustus (type locality: 21981) Gerarus latus, Gerarus reductus (112630) Rossites inopinus (122530 122531)