Megatypus

Megatypus; Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	†Meganisoptera
Family:	†Meganeuridae
Genus:	†Megatypus
Species
	†M. ingentissimus; †M. parvus; †M. schucherti; †M. vetustus;

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.

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[1] 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.

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