Meganeura Brongniart 1885 (griffinfly)

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Synonym: Meganeurella Handlirsch 1919

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 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

Parent taxon: Meganeurinae according to A. Nel et al. 2009

See also Bolton 1921, Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1943, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Zalessky 1950 and Zessin 1983

Sister taxa: Meganeuropsis, Meganeurula

Subtaxa: Meganeura monyi

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Type: Dictyoneura monyi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 7 occurrences

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