Necygomphus Cowley 1942 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae

Synonym: Necrogomphus 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 F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Bode 1953, Cowley 1942 and Nel et al. 1993

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

Subtaxa: Necrogomphus brunswigae Necygomphus brunswigiae

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Type: Necrogomphus brunswigiae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Schandelah, near Braunschweig (Boreale zone) (Jurassic of Germany)

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