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{{Short description|Extinct genus of insects}}
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{{Taxobox
| image = Gerarus NMNH.jpg
| image_caption = ''Gerarus'' fossil, [[National Museum of Natural History]]
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Carboniferous}}
| name = ''Gerarus''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| superordo = [[Archaeorthoptera]]
| ordo = ''[[incertae sedis]]''
| familia = {{extinct}}[[Geraridae]]
| genus = {{extinct}}'''''Gerarus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Samuel Hubbard Scudder|Scudder]], 1885
}}
[[File:Gerarus collaris 1er Congrès international d'entomologie, Bruxelles, 1-6 août, 1910 (1911-12) (16477916279).jpg|left|thumb|Illustration of ''Gerarus collaris'']]
'''''Gerarus''''' is an extinct genus of [[Archaeorthoptera]]n insect, and is one of the most abundant [[genus|genera]] of [[Carboniferous]] [[insect]]s.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite web |url=http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-about-gerarus.html |date=May 13, 2009 |title=All About ''Gerarus'' |author=Christopher Taylor |work=Catalogue of Organisms |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref> They had a wingspan of up to {{convert|10|cm|0}}, and an inflated [[thorax]] armed with sharp [[Spine (zoology)|spines]] up to {{convert|1|mm|2}} long.<ref name="Taylor"/>
[[File:Gerarus sp.jpg|alt=Gerarus sp and indeterminate pterygote insect fossils|thumb|''Gerarus sp.'' fossil and an indeterminate pterygote insect]]
==References==
{{Wikispecies|Gerarus}}
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[[Category:Carboniferous insects]]
[[Category:Carboniferous arthropods of North America]]
[[Category:Paleozoic insects of Europe]]
[[Category:Prehistoric insect genera]]
[[Category:Enigmatic insect taxa]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1885]]
[[Category:Carboniferous arthropods of Europe]]
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