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)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (4), France (2), Germany (4), Italy (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of France (12), Germany (4)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 55 collections including 88 occurrences