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: Brevicubitalia according to G. Bechly 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gomphidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (2), China (2), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), China (4), Myanmar (1), Spain (3)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences