Talk:Meganeura

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75 centimeters! Holy crap, I am going to have nightmares.

[edit] Big jeans?

The page says: The word Meganeura means “Big Genes”. This is almost certainly incorrect, particularly in view of the naming date; in 1885 nobody has heard of genes yet. AFAIU, meganeura means “big nerves”, but it probably refers not to actual nerves but to the network of air-filled veins in the wings (cmp. insect wing and Neuroptera). My best guess would be “large-veined”, and I changed the page accordingly. Freederick 10:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pop Culture

At the risk of making the pop culture section larger than the scientific section, should it be mentioned that Davis Schwimmer's character on Friends (a paleontologist) had a reconstruction of a Meganeura as wall art in his apartment? 172.130.4.65 13:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)RKH