Megatypus

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, and reached a wingspan of 70 centimeters (2.3 ft).[1]

Megatypus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
†Meganisoptera
Family:
†Meganeuridae
Genus:
†Megatypus
Species
  • †M. ingentissimus
  • †M. parvus
  • †M. schucherti
  • †M. vetustus

References
  1. Palmer, D. (1999). Life Before Man. London: The Reader's Digest Association Ltd. p. 47. ISBN 90-6407-470-4.


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