Clade Gomphides Bechly et al. 1998 (true dragonfly)
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs and G. Fleck. 1998. Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.). Odonatologica 27(2):149-187
Parent taxon: Exophytica according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 1998 and Bechly et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Cavilabiata
Subtaxa: Araripegomphidae Desmoproctida Hagenioidea Libanogomphidae Lindeniidae Paraburmagomphidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore