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