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Meganeurula

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Taxonomy
Meganeurula was named by Handlirsch (1906).

It was synonymized subjectively with Tupus by Carpenter (1992).

It was assigned to Meganeuridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922) and Carpenter (1943); to Typinae by Zessin (1983); to Tupinae by Brauckmann and Zessin (1989); and to Meganeurinae by Nel et al. (2009).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Meganeurula Handlirsch
1919Meganeurula Handlirsch p. 569
1922Meganeurula Handlirsch p. 63
1943Meganeurula Carpenter p. 543
1983Meganeurula Zessin
1989Meganeurula Brauckmann and Zessin p. 182
2009Meganeurula Nel et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
Neodonatoptera
orderMeganisoptera
familyMeganeuridae
subfamilyMeganeurinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusMeganeurulaHandlirsch 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.

G. †Meganeurula Handlirsch 1906
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Meganeurula selysii Brongniart 1894
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Meganeura selysii (103635)