Gerarus

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Gerarus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
File:Gerarus NMNH.jpg
Gerarus fossil, National Museum of Natural History
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Gerarus

Scudder, 1885
File:Gerarus collaris 1er Congrès international d'entomologie, Bruxelles, 1-6 août, 1910 (1911-12) (16477916279).jpg
Illustration of Gerarus collaris

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
Gerarus sp. fossil and an indeterminate pterygote insect

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