Meganeuridae is an extinct family of griffinfly in the order Meganisoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae. This family contain the genus Meganeuropsis, which is one of the largest known insects.[1][2]
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| Fossil of Meganeura monyi | |
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| Life restoration of Meganeurites gracilipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | †Meganisoptera |
| Family: | †Meganeuridae Handlirsch 1906 |
Genera
editThese 21 genera belong to the family Meganeuridae:
- † Arctotypus Martynov, 1932
- † Bohemiatupus Prokop & Nel, 2010
- † Boltonites Handlirsch, 1919
- † Carpentertypus Zessin 1983
- † Curvitupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Ephemerites Geinitz, 1865
- † Gallotupus Nel, Garrouste & Roques, 2008
- † Gilsonia Meunier, 1908
- † Meganeura Brongniart, 1885
- † Meganeurina Handlirsch, 1919
- † Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939
- † Meganeurula Handlirsch, 1906
- † Megatypus Tillyard 1925
- † Nannotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Oligotypus? Carpenter 1931 (may belongs to Paralogidae[3])
- † Permotupus Nel, Fleck, Garrouste, Gand, Lapeyrie, Bybee & Prokop, 2009
- † Petrotypus Zalesskii, 1950
- † Piesbergtupus Zessin, 2006
- † Shenzhousia Zhang & Hong, 2006
- † Stephanotypus Zessin 1983
- † Tupus Sellards, 1906
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Meganeurites gracilipes -
Gallotupus oudardi -
Boltonites radstockensis -
Tupus permianus -
Gilsonia titana -
Meganeurina confusa
References
edit- ^ "Meganeuridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Meganeuridae". Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ Li, Yongjun; Béthoux, Olivier; Pang, Hong; Ren, Dong (2013). "Early Pennsylvanian Odonatoptera from the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China): new material, taxa, and perspectives". Fossil Record. 16 (1): 117–139. doi:10.1002/mmng.201300006.
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