Cordulegastroidea

Cordulegastroidea; Temporal range: Late Aptian to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Delta-spotted spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Epiprocta
Superfamily:	Cordulegastroidea
Families
	3, see text

Cordulegastroidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains three families.^[1]

Families

This superfamily includes the following three families:^[1]

Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
Cordulegastridae Hagen, 1875
Neopetaliidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940

The oldest known fossil member of Cordulegastroidea is the family Araripechlorogomphidae (containing only Araripechlorogomphus) from the late Aptian of Brazil, which is thought to be related to the Chlorogomphidae.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). Magnolia Press: 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
^ Nel, André; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha (2024-04-01). "New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 156: 105811. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811. ISSN 0195-6671.

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[Dijkstra2013-1] Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). Magnolia Press: 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.

[2] Nel, André; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha (2024-04-01). "New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 156: 105811. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811. ISSN 0195-6671.

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