Meganeura - the prehistoric dragonfly with a two-foot wingspan
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Meganeura - the prehistoric dragonfly with a two-foot wingspan
Three hundred million years ago, the largest insect ever known to humankind hunted in fern jungles and boasted an enormous wingspan of nearly 2.5 feet. Different from modern dragonflies in its size and other attributes, the Meganeura earned the title "prehistoric griffinfly" from scientists. The first Meganeura fossil, discovered in 1880 ...
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