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Meganeurinae

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Meganeurinae Handlirsch
1943Meganeurinae Carpenter p. 537
1950Meganeurinae Zalessky
1983Meganeurinae Zessin
1989Meganeurinae Brauckmann and Zessin p. 181
1998Meganeurinae Engel
2009Meganeurinae Nel et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyMeganeurinaeHandlirsch 1906
subfamilyMeganeurinaeHandlirsch 1906

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.

Subfm. †Meganeurinae Handlirsch 1906
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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]
G. †Meganeuropsis Carpenter 1939
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†Meganeuropsis americana Carpenter 1947
†Meganeuropsis permiana Carpenter 1939
G. †Meganeurula Handlirsch 1906
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†Meganeurula selysii Brongniart 1894
G. †Oligotypus Carpenter 1931
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†Oligotypus huangheensis Prokop et al. 2008
†Oligotypus makowskii Carpenter and Richardson 1971
†Oligotypus tillyardi Carpenter 1931
†Oligotypus tuscaloosae Beckemeyer and Engel 2011
Invalid names: Sinomeganeura Prokop et al. 2008 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Artinskian or 318.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6USA (Alabama) Oligotypus tuscaloosae (126587)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C314.6 - 311.45China (Ningxia) Sinomeganeura huangheensis (139576)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 306.95Canada (Nova Scotia) Meganeura sp. (155666)
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Illinois) Oligotypus makowskii (151850)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Dictyoneura monyi, Meganeura brongniarti, Meganeura brongniartiana, Meganeura fafnir, Meganeura draco, Meganeura aeroplana, Meganeura selysii (103635) Meganeurella rapax (121979)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Meganeuropsis permiana (114151) Oligotypus sp., Oligotypus tillyardi (111217) Oligotypus tillyardi (111319 111365)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Meganeuropsis americana (104822 104823) Meganeuropsis americana, Oligotypus tillyardi (104824)