''Megatypus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
of the order
Meganisoptera. Species in this genus were much larger than their modern relatives, dragonflies and damselflies, its single wing length is .
References
Carboniferous insects
Meganisoptera
Prehistoric insects of North America
Prehistoric insect genera
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