Dragonfly fossil, 250-300 million years ago with 2 ft. wingspan.
Roughly 250 to 300 million years ago, long before the rise of dinosaurs, Earth was a vastly different place. Towering ferns and ancient trees dominated dense swampy forests. In the skies above, it wasn’t birds or bats that ruled the air—it was giant insects, unlike anything we see today. Among the most impressive of these ancient fliers was a dragonfly-like creature with an astonishing wingspan of up to 2 feet (over 60 cm). While often compared to modern dragonflies, this prehistoric giant belonged to a different group called Meganeura. These enormous flying insects lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early…
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