Phthitogomphus Cowley 1942 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae

Synonym: Paragomphus Handlirsch 1939 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. Cowley. 1942. Descriptions of some genera of fossil Odonata. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 11:63-78

Parent taxon: Liassogomphidae according to G. Bechly 2018

See also Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Cowley 1942, Etter and Kuhn 2000 and Nel et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Chrysogomphus, Elattogomphus, Heterothemis, Necygomphus, Proinogomphus

Subtaxa: Phthitogomphus angulatus

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Type: Paragomphus angulatus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Luxembourg (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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