Palaeodictyoptera

Palaeodictyoptera
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous to Late Permian
Reconstruction of Dunbaria fasciipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Superorder: †Palaeodictyopterida
Order: †Palaeodictyoptera
Goldenberg, 1877
Taxa

See Taxonomy

The Palaeodictyoptera are an extinct order of medium-sized to very large, primitive Palaeozoic paleopterous insects. They are informative about the evolution of wings in insects.

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