''Nannogomphus'' is an extinct genus of
fossil
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odonates belonging to the family
Gomphidae
The Gomphidae are a family of dragonflies commonly referred to as clubtails or club-tailed dragonflies. The family contains about 90 genera and 900 species found across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The name refers ...
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[A. G. Ponomarenko]
Fossil insects from the Tithonian «Solnhofener Plattenkalke» in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna
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These fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivores lived during the Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
period in Germany, from 150.8 to 145.5 Ma.[
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Species
*†''Nannogomphus bavaricus'' Handlirsch 1906
*†''Nannogomphus buergeri'' Bechly 2003
*†''Nannogomphus vetustus'' Hagen 1848
References
Redescription of Nannogomphus bavaricus Handlirsch, 1906-1908 from the Upper Jurassic of Germany, with an analysis of its phylogenetic position Odonata, Anisoptera, Gomphidae or Libelluloidea
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Gomphidae
Anisoptera genera
Fossil Odonata genera
Jurassic insects
Fossils of Germany
Fossil taxa described in 1906
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