Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219
Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2019
See also Bechly 2007, Bechly et al. 2001, Pinkert et al. 2017, Zheng et al. 2017 and Zheng et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cretalloaeschna, Falsisophoaeschna, Gomphaeschninae, Sophoaeschna
Subtaxa: Elektrogomphaeschna Gomphaeschnaoidini Kachinaeshna Sinojagorini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (10), China (3), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 20 collections including 32 occurrences