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Nannogomphus

Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae

Taxonomy

Nannogomphus was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gomphidae by Handlirsch (1906), Ponomarenko (1985), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1994), Bechly et al. (1996); and to Nannogomphidae by Bechly (2003).

Species

N. bavaricus (syn. N. gracilis, Libellula naevia, Agrion charpentieri), N. buergeri, N. vetustus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Nannogomphus Handlirsch p. 586
1985	Nannogomphus Ponomarenko p. 136
1992	Nannogomphus Carpenter p. 81
1994	Nannogomphus Nel and Paicheler p. 66
1996	Nannogomphus Bechly et al. p. 52
2003	Nannogomphus Bechly p. 2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
—	Euhydropalaeoptera
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera

Rank	Name	Author
—	Apodonatoptera
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
—	Epiproctophora
—	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
—	Anisopteromorpha
—	Trigonoptera
—	Pananisoptera
—	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—	Euanisoptera
—	Exophytica
—	Cavilabiata
—	Cristotibiata
—	Brachystigmata
family	Nannogomphidae	Bechly 1996
genus	Nannogomphus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Nannogomphus Handlirsch 1906

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†Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch 1906

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Invalid names: Agrion charpentieri Meunier 1898 [replaced], Libellula naevia Handlirsch 1906 [replaced], Nannogomphus gracilis Meunier 1896 [replaced]

†Nannogomphus buergeri Bechly 2003

†Nannogomphus vetustus Hagen 1848

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitino

Form:

roller-shapedo

Environment:

freshwater, terrestrialo

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

volanto

Diet:

carnivoreo

Diet 2:

insectivoreo

Vision:

well-developedo

Dispersal:

watero

Created:

2011-03-07 03:41:10

Modified:

2011-03-06 10:41:10

Source: o = order

Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bayern)	Agrion gracile, Agrion vetustum (123985) Agrion vetustum (123906) N. bavaricus (123144) N. buergeri (139551)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bavaria)	N. bavaricus (122586 139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany	N. buergeri (122880)