Griffinfly

Meganisoptera

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Meganisoptera (Griffinfly) is an order of insects. There are 53 species of Griffinfly, in 27 genera and 5 families. This order has been around since the pennsylvanian sub-period. It includes groups like Kohlwaldiidae, Paralogidae, and Aulertupidae.

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EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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pennsylvanian sub-period
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pennsylvanian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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98
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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ocelli
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758
- Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of griffinfly. View this species on GBIF

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griffinfly includes 5 children: