- or (incorrectly) as
giant dragonflies. The
order was
formerly named Protodonata, the "proto-Odonata", for
their similar appearance and
supposed relation...
-
dragonflies in the
strict sense) of the
order Meganisoptera (formerly
Protodonata). This
lineage dates back at
least to the Bashkirian, not
quite 320 million...
-
Carboniferous Pennsylvanian Gzhelian Winged insects radiate suddenly; some (esp.
Protodonata and Palaeodictyoptera) of them as well as some
millipedes and scorpions...
-
Diaphanopterodea †(extinct)
Metapterygota Superorder Odonatoptera Order Protodonata or
Meganisoptera †(extinct)
Order Protanisoptera †(extinct)
Order Triadophlebioptera...
-
oldest known winged insects appears,
followed by the huge
predatory Protodonata (griffinflies),
which includes Meganeura, a
giant dragonfly-like insect...
- with the
superorder Odonatoptera, but not
including the
prehistoric Protodonata. In this approach,
instead of Odonatoptera, the term
Odonatoidea is used...
- Delopteridae, Protelytroptera,
Plectoptera and a New
Collection of
Protodonata, Odonata, Megasecoptera, Homoptera, and Psocoptera".
Proceedings of the...
-
similarities in the
mitochondrial genomes.
Superorder Odonatoptera Order Protodonata or
Meganisoptera †(extinct)
Order Protanisoptera †(extinct)
Order Triadophlebioptera...
- very long cerci, an ovipositor, and
wings with
little or no anal lobe.
Protodonata, as its name implies, is a
primitive paraphyletic group similar to Odonata;...
- J. Tillyard. 1918.
Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 3
Odonata and
Protodonata. The
Proceedings of the
Linnean Society of New
South Wales 43:417-436...
