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Meganeura
Taxonomy
Meganeura was named by Brongniart (1885). Its type is Dictyoneura monyi.
It was assigned to Meganeuridae by Handlirsch (1919), Bolton (1921), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1992); and to Meganeurinae by Carpenter (1943), Zalessky (1950), Zessin (1983), Brauckmann and Zessin (1989) and Nel et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Meganeuridae by Handlirsch (1919), Bolton (1921), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1992); and to Meganeurinae by Carpenter (1943), Zalessky (1950), Zessin (1983), Brauckmann and Zessin (1989) and Nel et al. (2009).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Meganeura Brongniart p. 60 |
| 1919 | Meganeura Handlirsch p. 567 |
| 1919 | Meganeurella Handlirsch p. 569 |
| 1921 | Meganeura Bolton |
| 1922 | Meganeura Handlirsch p. 62 |
| 1922 | Meganeurella Handlirsch p. 63 |
| 1943 | Meganeura Carpenter p. 537 |
| 1950 | Meganeura Zalessky |
| 1983 | Meganeura Zessin |
| 1989 | Meganeura Brauckmann and Zessin p. 181 |
| 1992 | Meganeura Carpenter p. 60 |
| 2009 | Meganeura Nel et al. p. 96 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Meganeura Brongniart 1885
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†Meganeura monyi Brongniart 1884
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Invalid names: Meganeura aeroplana Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Meganeura brongniarti Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Meganeura brongniartiana Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Meganeura draco Handlirsch 1919 [synonym], Meganeura fafnir Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Meganeurella rapax Handlirsch 1919 [synonym]
Invalid names: Meganeurella Handlirsch 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||