Gerarus
Extinct genus of insects
Gerarus Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Gerarus collaris | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Superorder: | Archaeorthoptera |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | †Geraridae |
Genus: | †Gerarus Scudder, 1885 |
Gerarus is an extinct genus of Archaeorthopteran insect, and is one of the most abundant genera of Carboniferous insects.[1] They had a wingspan of up to 10 centimetres (4 in), and an inflated thorax armed with sharp spines up to 1 millimetre (0.04 in) long.[1]
![Gerarus sp and indeterminate pterygote insect fossils](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Gerarus_sp.jpg/220px-Gerarus_sp.jpg)
References
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- ^ a b Christopher Taylor (May 13, 2009). "All About Gerarus". Catalogue of Organisms. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
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