Clade Chlorogomphida Bechly 1996 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: G. Bechly. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special-Volume 2:1-402

Parent taxon: Cavilabiata according to G. Fleck et al. 2008

See also Bechly et al. 1998 and Bechly and Ueda 2002

Sister taxa: Cordulegastrida, Cordulephyidae, Cordulibellulidae, Cristotibiata, Gallophlebiidae, Libanocorduliidae, Nodalulaidae, Urolibellulidae

Subtaxa: Chlorogomphoidea Mesochlorogomphidae

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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