Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Synonym: Sinomeganeura Prokop et al. 2008
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1931. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 2: The Orders Paleodictyoptera, Protodonata and Odonata. American Journal of Science 5(21):97-139
Parent taxon: Meganeurinae according to A. Nel et al. 2009
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1947, Carpenter 1992, Li et al. 2013, Prokop et al. 2008 and Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: Meganeura, Meganeuropsis, Meganeurula
Subtaxa: Oligotypus huangheensis Oligotypus makowskii Oligotypus tillyardi Oligotypus tuscaloosae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (2: Alabama, Illinois)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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