†Meganeurites gracilipes Handlirsch 1919 (griffinfly)
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Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1919. Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten. Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96:511-592
Belongs to Meganeurites according to A. Nel et al. 2018
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1943, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R53005, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN later coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Commentry (MNHN later coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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