†Necygomphus Cowley 1942 (dragonfly)
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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
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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