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Geroptera

Insecta - Geroptera

Taxonomy
Geroptera was named by Brodsky (1994). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the order Geroptera by Petrulevičius and Gutiérrez (2016).

It was assigned to Odonatoptera by Bechly et al. (2001); and to Apodonatoptera by Petrulevičius and Gutiérrez (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Geroptera Brodsky
2001Geroptera Bechly et al.
2016Geroptera Petrulevičius and Gutiérrez p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
orderGeroptera(Brodsky 1994)
orderGeroptera(Brodsky 1994)

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.

Or. †Geroptera Brodsky 1994
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Fm. †Geropteridae Petrulevičius and Gutiérrez 2016
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G. †Geropteron Riek 1984
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Geropteron arcuatum Riek 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available