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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | †Reculida |
| Family: | †Geinitziidae Handlirsch, 1906 |
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Geinitziidae is an extinct family of polyneopteran insects, known from the Permian to Cretaceous. They are currently considered to be members "Grylloblattida"[1] a poorly defined group of extinct insects thought to be related to modern ice crawlers (Grylloblattidae).[2] Other authors place them in the extinct order Reculida.[3] Unlike modern ice crawlers, which are wingless, they had large wings, bearing a superficial resemblance to cockroaches, and are thought to have been day-active above ground predators.[1]
- ^ a b Cui, Yingying; Storozhenko, Sergey Yu.; Ren, Dong (June 2012). "New and little-known species of Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with notes on taxonomy, habitus and habitat of these insects". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 36 (2): 251–261. doi:10.1080/03115518.2012.628806. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 129794581.
- ^ Cawood, Rebecca; Nel, Andre; Garrouste, Romain; Moyo, Sydney; Villet, Martin H.; Prevec, Rose (2022-06-29). "The first 'Grylloblattida' of the family Liomopteridae from the Middle Permian in the Onder Karoo, South Africa (Insecta: Polyneoptera)". Comptes Rendus Palevol (22). doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2022v21a22. ISSN 1777-571X. S2CID 250157791.
- ^ Aristov, D. S. (March 2020). "New Gryllones Insects (Insecta: Gryllones) from the Babii Kamen' Locality (Upper Permian of Russia). 2. Order Reculida and Gryllones Ordinis Incertis". Paleontological Journal. 54 (2): 132–142. doi:10.1134/s0031030120020021. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 215741378.