Late Carboniferous to Late Permian | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | subphylum = Hexapoda | classis = Insecta | superordo = Palaeodictyopteroidea | ordo = Diaphanopterodea | ordo_authority = Handlirsch, 1919 }} The Diaphanopterodea or Paramegasecoptera are an extinct order of moderate to large-sized Palaeozoic insects. They're first known from the Middle Carboniferous (late Serpukhovian or early Bashkirian in age), and include some of the earliest known flying insects. Despite their v… (More on Diaphanopterodea)