What is Meganisoptera?
[[File:Meganeura monyi au Museum de Toulouse.jpg|thumb|250px|''Meganeura'']] The '''Meganisoptera''' were the giant [[dragonflies]] from the [[Palaeozoic]] [[era]]. They lived in the [[Pennsylvanian]] (late [[Carboniferous]]) [[epoch (geology)|epoch]] to the late [[Permian period]]. The group used to be called '''Protodonata'''. The largest of these dragonflies was ''Meganeuropsis'' from the early Permian. It had a [[wingspan]] of 28 inches (71 cm). Not all this group had giant size, but they were all larger than modern dragonflies. The modern classification is as follows: *[[superorder]] '''[[Odonaptera]]''' **[[Order (biology)|Order]] Meganisoptera **Order [[Odonata]] [[Category:Odonata]]