Insecta - Protorthoptera - Megagnathidae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1918. On the affinities of two interesting fossil insects from the Upper Carboniferous of Commentry, France. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43:123-134
Parent taxon: Protorthoptera according to K. B. Miller 2009
See also Tillyard 1918
Sister taxa: Acridites, Adeloneuridae, Agogoblattina, Anthracomastax, Anthracothremmidae, Apithanidae, Appertiidae, Archaeologus, Archimastax, Asiopompidae, Asiopompus, Atava, Atava ovata, Boutakovia, Cacurgellus, Chrestotella, Chrestotes, Commentrya, Cymbopsidae, Danielsiella, Distasis, Eucaenidae, Eucaenus pusillus, Eucaenus rotundatus, Gerarianus, Gerarites, Geraroides, Hadentomidae, Hadentomoides, Hemeristia, Herdinidae, Homalophlebiidae, Homoeodictyidae, Hyaloptilus, Kelleropteron, Lecopterum, Limburgina, Macrophlebium, Megalometer, Melanoblattula, Metacheliphlebia, Notoblattites, Ochetopteron, Orthoneurites, Pachytylopsidae, Palaeocarria, Palaeoedischia, Polyernus, Polyetes, Protoblattinopsidae, Prototettigidae, Prototettix, Pruvostia, Pseudetoblattina, Pseudogerarus, Pseudopolyernus, Ptenodera, Rigattopteridae, Roomeria, Roomeriidae, Schuchertiella, Schuchertiellidae, Sharovia, Sheimiidae, Soyaniidae, Stenaropodidae, Thoronysididae
Subtaxa: Megagnatha
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Commentry (Mark Stirrup coll) (Carboniferous of France)