Megatypus
Megatypus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | †Meganisoptera |
Family: | †Meganeuridae |
Genus: | †Megatypus |
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Megatypus is an extinct genus of insect of the order Meganisoptera. Species in this genus were much larger than their modern relatives, dragonflies and damselflies, its single wing length is 19.5 cm (7.7 in).[1]
References[]
- ^ Gand, G.; Nel, A. N.; Fleck, G.; Garrouste, R. (2008-01-01). "The Odonatoptera of the Late Permian Lodève Basin (Insecta)". Journal of Iberian Geology (in Spanish). 34 (1): 115–122. ISSN 1886-7995.
Categories:
- Carboniferous insects
- Meganisoptera
- Prehistoric insects of North America
- Prehistoric insect genera
- Prehistoric insect stubs
- Carboniferous animal stubs