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Necygomphus

Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae

Taxonomy

Necygomphus was named by Cowley (1942). Its type is Necrogomphus brunswigiae.

It was assigned to Liassogomphidae by Cowley (1942), Carpenter (1992).

Species

Necrogomphus brunswigae, N. brunswigiae

Synonyms

Necrogomphus was named by Handlirsch (1939). Its type is Necrogomphus brunswigiae.

It was replaced with Necygomphus by Cowley (1942), Carpenter (1992), Nel et al. (1993).

It was assigned to Gomphidae by Bode (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Necrogomphus Handlirsch p. 31
1942	Necygomphus Cowley p. 75
1953	Necrogomphus Bode
1992	Necygomphus Carpenter p. 81

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
—	Palaeodonatoptera
—	Plesiodonatoptera
—	Apodonatoptera
—	Paneodonatoptera
—	Neodonatoptera
—	Euodonatoptera
—	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
—	Nodialata
—	Discoidalia
—	Stigmoptera
—	Lobodonata
—	Panodonata
order	Odonata
—	Epiproctophora
—	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
—	Anisopteromorpha
—	Trigonoptera
—	Pananisoptera
family	Liassogomphidae	Tillyard 1935
genus	Necygomphus

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. †Necygomphus Cowley 1942

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†Necygomphus brunswigiae Handlirsch 1939

Invalid names: Necrogomphus Handlirsch 1939 [replaced]

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 Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian	184.2 - 182.9	Germany (Niedersachsen)	Necrogomphus brunswigae (107341)