Meganeuridae

Meganeuridae
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Roadian
Fossil of Meganeura monyi
Life restoration of Meganeurites gracilipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: †Meganisoptera
Family: †Meganeuridae
Handlirsch 1906

Meganeuridae is an extinct family of griffinfly in the order Meganisoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 50 described species in Meganeuridae. This family of flies contain the genus Meganeuropsis, which has one of the biggest animals in the world, Meganeuropsis permiana. This species of fly had the longest insect wing ever found.[1][2]

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