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: Anauriculida according to G. Bechly 2007
Sister taxa: Bolcacorduliidae, Palaeomacromiidae
Subtaxa: Libellulidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Pliocene of India (1), United States (1: California)
• Turolian of France (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Croatia (2), Czechia (4), France (1), Germany (5), Italy (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of France (12), Germany (4)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 57 collections including 90 occurrences