Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

†Meganeura



Size: 76.2cm

Weight: No data

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: It first evolved during the late carboniferous 305-299 MYA

Location: Fossils of this insect have been found in North america, France, and Great Britian

Taxonomy:
Class: Insecta 
(unranked): Dicondylia
Subclass: Pterygota
Division: Palaeoptera
Superorder: Odonatoptera
Order: †Meganisoptera
Family: †Meganeuridae
Genus: †Meganeura

Diet: Being a large dragonfly, it would have eaten other insects and small reptiles.

Anatomy: This dragonfly was huge. The size of this animal has caused some controversy on why it is so large. Insects can  breath through diffusion, due to the expanding pores that open and close depending on its environment. Some say due to the 20% higher oxygen rate. This is called into question due to another meganisoptera member, meganeuropsis. It lived during the early Permian and the Permian had less oxygen vs the carboniferous. Meganeura was also not that long body length wise, but was large via its wing span.

Behavior: No data

Reproduction: No data

Relationship with other animals: No data



Yanmega fainted

Other sources: 

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/spec...neura.html

http://www.lifebeforethedinosaurs.com/20...neura.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...s-science/