Meganeuropsis

Meganeuropsis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: †Meganeuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Superordo: Odonatoptera Cladus: Palaeodonatoptera Cladus: Plesiodonatoptera Cladus: Apodonatoptera Cladus: Paneodonatoptera Cladus: Neodonatoptera Cladus: Euodonatoptera Ordo: †Meganisoptera Subordo: †Meganeuromorpha

Familia: †Meganeuridae
Genus: †Meganeuropsis
Species: †M. americana – †M. permiana

Name

Meganeuropsis Carpenter, 1939

Type species: M. permiana Carpenter, 1939 by monotypy (Holotype MCZ PALE-4340)

Type locality: Dickinson County, Kansas, United States 38.6841710°N 97.230023°W / 38.6841710; -97.230023

References

• Carpenter, F. M. 1939. "The Lower Permian insects of Kansas. Part 8: Additional Megasecoptera, Protodonata, Odonata, Homoptera, Psocoptera, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera, and Protoperlaria". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science 73(3): 29–70.Reference page. 
• Molnar, R. E. 1997. "The largest flying vertebrates". The Fossil Collector no. 52: 5–15.
• MCZ Entomology PALE-4340 Meganeuropsis permiana Carpenter. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Accessed 15 June, 2025