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: Euzygoptera according to J. F. Petrulevičius et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Argiolestidae, Coenagrionomorpha, Cretarchistigma, Lestomorpha
Subtaxa: Megapodagrionidae Megapodagrioniidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections)
• Miocene of France (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1), North Korea (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence