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Fossils of Meganeura were first discovered in Late Carboniferous Coal Measures of Commentry, France in 1880. In 1885, French paleontologist Charles Brongniart described and named the fossil " Meganeura " (great-nerved), which refers to the network of veins on the insect's wings .
The oldest insect fossil has been proposed to be Rhyniognatha hirsti, estimated to be 400 million years old, but the insect identity of the fossil has been contested. [3] Global climate conditions changed several times during the history of Earth, and along with it the diversity of insects.
Fossil footprints of Arthropleura, Laggan Harbour, Isle of Arran, Great Britain. This trail is the type specimen of the ichnospecies Diplichnites cuithensis. Life restoration of Arthropleura walking along a sandy beach. Most fossils of Arthropleura are believed to represent exuviae (moulted shells) instead of carcasses. [18]
Scale model of a meganisopteran. [a]Controversy has prevailed as to how insects of the Carboniferous period were able to grow so large. The way oxygen is diffused through the insect's body via its tracheal breathing system (see Respiratory system of insects) puts an upper limit on body size, which prehistoric insects seem to have well exceeded.
Insect eggs are extremely rare in the fossil record, and intact egg cases are even rarer. ... Delicate fossils such as this specimen are usually preserved in lake deposits alongside plant matter ...
Prehistoric insect stubs (3 C, 161 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric insects" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
It has been considered in some analyses as the oldest insect known, as well as possibly being a flying insect. [1] Rhyniognatha is known from a partial head with preserved mouthparts from the Early Devonian aged Rhynie chert around 400 million years ago, when Earth’s first terrestrial ecosystems were being formed.
Firefly from nearly 100 million years ago represents transitional stage in evolution of its species