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The Odonatoptera are a superorder (sometimes treated as an order) of ancient winged insects, placed in the probably paraphyletic group Palaeoptera.The dragonflies and damselflies (which are placed in the subgroup Odonata) are the only living members of this group, which was far more diverse in the late Paleozoic and contained gigantic species, including the griffinflies (colloquially called ...
Articles relating to the Odonatoptera, a superorder (sometimes treated as an order) of ancient winged insects, placed in the probably paraphyletic group Palaeoptera.The dragonflies and damselflies are the only living members of this group, which was far more diverse in the late Paleozoic and contained gigantic species.
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and ...
[2] [3] It was small griffinfly with wing length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) as preserved. [3] Second species, O. makowskii was described from middle Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale in Illinois. It had wing which is 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) long as preserved and estimated to have complete length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in). [4]
Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Late Carboniferous (approximately 300 million years ago). It is a member of the extinct order Meganisoptera, which are closely related to and resemble dragonflies and damselflies (with dragonflies, damselflies and meganisopterans being part of the broader group Odonatoptera).
Meganisoptera is an extinct order of large dragonfly-like insects, informally known as griffenflies or (incorrectly) as giant dragonflies.The order was formerly named Protodonata, the "proto-Odonata", for their similar appearance and supposed relation to modern Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies).
Odonatoptera [1] † Palaeodictyopteroidea (extinct; disputed) The name Palaeoptera (from Greek παλαιός ( palaiós 'old') + πτερόν ( pterón 'wing')) has been traditionally applied to those ancestral groups of winged insects (most of them extinct) that lacked the ability to fold the wings back over the abdomen as characterizes the ...
Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, ... Odonata genera (4 C, 1 P) L. Odonata by location (4 C) O.