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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).
Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, [1] part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene.It is the largest terrestrial lizard known to have existed, but the fragmentary nature of known remains make estimates highly uncertain.
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).
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The specific name, Epidexipteryx hui ("Hu's display feather"), and its Chinese name Húshì Yàolóng ("Hu Yaoming's display dragon") were coined in memory of paleomammologist Hu Yaoming. [ 3 ] Due to a pre-publication error, [ 4 ] a manuscript of the Epidexipteryx hui description first appeared on a preprint Web portal in late September 2008.
Fossil of prehistoric ‘dragon’ — as big as a great white shark — unearthed in Japan. Look familiar? 115-million-year-old fossil is of something you might find in the yard.
List of prehistoric brittle stars; List of prehistoric bryozoan genera; List of prehistoric chitons; List of prehistoric foraminifera genera; List of ichthyosaur genera; List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record; List of plesiosaur genera; List of prehistoric malacostracans; List of prehistoric medusozoan genera; List of prehistoric ...
New and old fossils yielded much more information when subjected to modern ultraviolet light or roentgen photography, or CAT-scans. [126] Insights from other fields of biology were applied to the data obtained. [126] All this resulted in a substantial progress in pterosaur research, rendering older accounts in popular science books completely ...