Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae
Full reference: G. Bechly. 2003. Description of a new species of Nannogomphus (Insecta: Odonata: Nannogomphidae) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 339:1-6
Belongs to Nannogomphus according to G. Bechly 2003
Sister taxa: Nannogomphus bavaricus, Nannogomphus vetustus
Type specimen: SMNS 65225, an exoskeleton (Female). Its type locality is Solnhofen (SMNS collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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