Namurotypus
| Namurotypus Temporal range: Carboniferous,
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| A reconstitution of Namurotypus sippeli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | †Meganisoptera |
| Family: | †Meganeuridae |
| Genus: | †Namurotypus Brauckmann & Zessin, 1989 |
| Species: | †N. sippeli
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| †Namurotypus sippeli Brauckmann & Zessin, 1989
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Namurotypus is an extinct genus of griffinfly with a single described species Namurotypus sippeli.[1][2] It inhabited the large swamps of the Carboniferous period.[2] Namaurotypus had a 15 cm long forewing and did not have secondary male sex organs as in modern dragonflies.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Namurotypus Brauckmann and Zessin 1989". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b Ren, D.; Nel, A.; Prokop, J. (2008). "New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae)" (PDF). Insect Systematics & Evolution. 38 (2): 223–229. doi:10.1163/187631208788784075. ISSN 1399-560X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
- ^ Dorrington, Graham E. (2016). "Heavily loaded flight and limits to the maximum size of dragonflies (Anisoptera) and griffinflies (Meganisoptera)". Lethaia. 49 (2): 261–274. doi:10.1111/let.12144.
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