Synonym: Protoptera Rasnitsyn 1977
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Parent taxon: Neoptera according to J. Prokop et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Ampelipteridae, Apheloneuridae, Aphryganoneura, Baryshnyalidae, Blattoneoptera, Climaconeura, Controversala, Ctenostematopteryx, Endoneoptera, Eopanorpella, Gelasopteridae, Glosselytrodea, Hemineoptera, Lemmatophoropsis, Marimerobius, Metropatorites, Micropalentomum, Ocellia, Orthoneoptera, Paraneoptera, Perielytron, Permembia, Polyneoptera, Protelytroptera, Protoperlaria, Protoprosbolidae, Saurodectidae, Saurophthiridae, Saurophthirus, Sphalmatoblattina, Synomaloptilidae, Teneopteridae, Tillyardites, Trachopterygidae, Trichorthophlebia, Uninervidae, Triadochorista schleeriethensis
Subtaxa: Evenkiidae, Katerinkidae, Paoliidae
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