Namurotypus

Namurotypus
Temporal range: Carboniferous, 318.1–314.6 Ma
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A reconstitution of Namurotypus sippeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: †Meganisoptera
Family: †Meganeuridae
Genus: †Namurotypus
Brauckmann & Zessin, 1989
Species:
†N. sippeli
Binomial name
†Namurotypus sippeli
Brauckmann & Zessin, 1989

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.