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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 ...
Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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Bechala is a genus of insects that existed during the late Carboniferous in what is now Germany.It was first described by Jan-Michael Ilger and Carsten Brauckmann in 2012, and the type species is B. sommeri.
Type species of the genus, Oligotypus tillyardi was described from lower Permian site in Kansas and Midco insect bed in Oklahoma. [2] [3] It was small griffinfly with wing length of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) as preserved.
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