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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Binomial name | |
†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]