Palaeodictyoptera Temporal range: Late Carboniferous to Late Permian
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Reconstruction of Dunbaria fasciipennis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Superorder: | †Palaeodictyopteroidea |
Order: | †Palaeodictyoptera Goldenberg, 1877 |
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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.