Meganeuridae
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| Life restoration of Meganeurites gracilipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | †Meganisoptera |
| Family: | †Meganeuridae Handlirsch 1906 |
Fossil of Meganeurites gracilipes
Meganeuridae is an extinct family of griffinfly in the order Meganisoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae.[1][2]
Genera[]
These 21 genera belong to the family Meganeuridae:
- † Martynov, 1932
- † Bohemiatupus Prokop & Nel, 2010
- † Handlirsch, 1919
- † Zessin 1983
- † Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Geinitz, 1865
- † Nel, Garrouste & Roques, 2008
- † Meunier, 1908
- † Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
- † Handlirsch, 1919
- † Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939
- † Handlirsch, 1906
- † Megatypus Tillyard 1925
- † Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Carpenter 1931
- † Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Zalesskii, 1950
- † Zessin, 2006
- † Zhang & Hong, 2006
- † Zessin 1983
- † Sellards, 1906
References[]
- ^ "Meganeuridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Meganeuridae". Retrieved 2019-10-17.
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