Megatypus

Megatypus Temporal range: Carboniferous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	Odonatoptera
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, and reached a wingspan of 70 centimeters (2.3 ft).^[1]

References

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

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