Protodonata
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Protodonata refers to an extinct order of insects closely related to modern dragonflies (Odonata). These insects are primarily known from fossils dating back to the Upper Carboniferous and Permian periods. A key characteristic of Protodonata is their fully developed, yet specialized, wing venation featuring numerous crossveins. Some species within this order were remarkably large, with wingspans exceeding half a meter. They represent an ancient lineage that flourished during Permian times.12
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insectInsect phylogeny…as the giant dragonflies or Protodonata (some of which had a wing span of more than half a metre) and the dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) and mayflies (Ephemeroptera), both of which have persisted with little change to the present. The primitive insect stock also gave rise to a neopterous stock,…
Read More…as the giant dragonflies or Protodonata (some of which had a wing span of more than half a metre) and the dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) and mayflies (Ephemeroptera), both of which have persisted with little change to the present. The primitive insect stock also gave rise to a neopterous stock,…
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OdonataEvolution, paleontology, and classification…are of the extinct order Protodonata, and even they possessed a complete series of alternating upwardly and downwardly curving wing veins, as do today’s odonates. Protodonate wings, however, lacked the pterostigma. Also extinct is the suborder Meganisoptera of the Carboniferous and Permian periods (about 359 million to 251 million years…
Read More…are of the extinct order Protodonata, and even they possessed a complete series of alternating upwardly and downwardly curving wing veins, as do today’s odonates. Protodonate wings, however, lacked the pterostigma. Also extinct is the suborder Meganisoptera of the Carboniferous and Permian periods (about 359 million to 251 million years…
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