†Meganeuropsis Carpenter 1939 (griffinfly)
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Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 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 Sciences 73(3):29-70
Parent taxon: Meganeurinae according to A. Nel et al. 2009
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1947, Carpenter 1992, Engel 1998 and Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: Meganeura, Meganeurula
Subtaxa: Meganeuropsis americana Meganeuropsis permiana
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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