†subfamily Gomphaeschnaoidinae Bechly et al. 2001 (true dragonfly)

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

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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

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