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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...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    reach a length of 5 cm (2.0 in). The largest insect of the order Palaeodictyoptera, Mazothairos enormis from the Carboniferous period, reached a wingspan...
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    lived during the Carboniferous period. It was a member of the order Palaeodictyoptera. Although it is only known from very fragmentary remains from a single...
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    the fossil groups. (probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Palaeodictyoptera †(extinct) Megasecoptera †(extinct) Archodonata †(extinct) Diaphanopterodea...
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    "evolutionary arms race" for increase in body size between plant-feeding Palaeodictyoptera and meganeurids as their predators. These families belong to the order...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Gzhelian Winged insects radiate suddenly; some (esp. Protodonata and Palaeodictyoptera) of them as well as some millipedes and scorpions become very large...
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    evolutionary "arms race" for increase in body size between plant-feeding Palaeodictyoptera and Meganisoptera as their predators. Aquatic larvae stadium. Another...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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  • Béthoux, Olivier; Yin, Xiangchu; Ren, Dong (2015-07-01). "The smallest Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) discovered at Xiaheyan (Late Carboniferous, China)". Comptes...
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    Superorder: †Palaeodictyopteroidea Rohdendorf, 1961 Orders †Archodonata (also Dicliptera/Permothemistida) †Diaphanopterodea †Megasecoptera †Palaeodictyoptera...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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    Lapeyriidae Meganisoptera (griffinflies) Megasecoptera Miomoptera Palaeodictyoptera Paoliida Permoplecoptera Protanisoptera Protelytroptera Protephemerida...
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