†family Aulertupidae Zessin and Brauckmann 2010 (griffinfly)
Insecta - Meganisoptera - Aulertupidae
Full reference: W. Zessin and C. Brauckmann. 2010. Aulertupus tembrocki n. gen. et sp. (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Aulertupidae n. fam.) aus dem Ober-Karbon von Mazon Creek, Illinois (USA). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 13(2):36-43
Parent taxon: Meganisoptera according to W. Zessin and C. Brauckmann 2010
Sister taxa: Alanympha, Dragonympha, Kohlwaldiidae, Meganeuridae, Namurotypidae, Paralogidae, Asapheneura, Palaeotherates, Typoides, Paralogopsis, Schlechtendaliola
Subtaxa: Aulertupus
Type: Aulertupus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Morris, Mazon Creek (Kukalova-Peck Carleton coll) (Carboniferous of Illinois)