Insecta - Orthoptera - Geraridae
Synonyms: Archaeacridites Meunier 1909, Genopteryx Scudder 1885, Rossites Richardson 1956, Sthenaropoda Brongniart 1885
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Palaeodictyoptera; or the affinities and classification of Paleozoic Hexapoda. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3(11):319-351
Parent taxon: Sthenaropodidae according to A. G. Sharov 1968
Sister taxa: Anepitedius, Axiologus, Cantabrala, Genentomum, Geraroides, Gerarulus, Heterologellus, Nacekomia, Omalia, Osnogerarus, Ploetzgerarus, Progenentomum, Kelleropteron, Macrophlebium, Berlichia, Acridites, Palaeoedischia
Subtaxa: Gerarus bruesi, Gerarus collaris, Gerarus constrictus, Gerarus fischeri, Gerarus mazonus, Gerarus teutonicus, Gerarus vetus
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