Palaeodictyoptera

Palaeodictyoptera; Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous to end Permian, 318–251 mya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Infraclass:	Palaeoptera
Superorder:	Palaeodictyopteroidea
Order:	†Palaeodictyoptera; Goldenberg, 1877

The Palaeodictyoptera were large flying insects which are now extinct. They were common in the Upper Carboniferous, and became extinct at the end-Permian extinction. Their size varied from large to huge. For example, Mazothairos had a wingspan of about 55 centimetres (22 in).^[1]

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