Megatypus

Megatypus; Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
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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[EoDP-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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