Meganisoptera

Meganeura monyi, paratype

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Superordo: Odonatoptera
Ordo: †Meganisoptera
Subordines: †Meganeuromorpha

Overview of familiae

†Aulertupidae – †Kohlwaldiidae – †Meganeuridae – †Namurotypidae – †Paralogidae

Name

Meganisoptera Martynov, 1932: 17

Synonyms

• Protodonata Brongniart, 1885: 65 [as family]

References

Primary references

• Brongniart, C. 1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques. Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen 21(3): 50–68. BHL.
• Martynov, A.V. 1932. New Permian Palaeoptera with the discussion of some problems of their evolution. Trudy Paleozoologicheskogo Instituta 1: 1–44. Full volume (DjVu).

Additional references

• Nel, A., Béthoux, O., Bechly, G., Martínez-Delclòs, X. & Papier, F. 2002 ("2001"). The Permo-Triassic Odonatoptera of the ‘protodonate’ grade (Insecta: Odonatoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 37(4): 501–525. Gallica, Academia.edu, ResearchGate . Reference page.  [Kargalotypidae excluded from Meganisoptera]
• Zessin, W. & Brauckmann, C. 2010. Aulertupus tembrocki n. gen. et sp. (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Aulertupidae n. fam.) aus dem Ober-Karbon von Mazon Creek, Illinois (USA). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 13(2): 36–43. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: griffinflies
日本語: オオトンボ目
中文: 原蜻蜓目

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