Insecta - Odonata - Nothomacromiidae
Synonym: Pseudomacromiidae Carle and Wighton 1990 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Anisoptera according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Carle and Wighton 1990 and Sturm and Mendes 1998
Sister taxa: Aeschna eudore, Aeschna parkinsoni, Aeschnidioidea, Cercus, Cercus clavus, Cordulia scheuchzeri, Cratopetaliidae, Cymatophlebia mongolica, Dissurus, Dissurus liauyuanensis, Dissurus qinquanensis, Epigomphidae, Euanisoptera, Hageniidae, Henrotayiidae, Ictinogomphus fur, Ixtahua, Juragomphidae, Kazakhophlebiella, Libanoaeshnidae, Libellula calypso, Libellula doris, Libellula eurynome, Libellula melobasis, Libellula perse, Libellula thetis, Libellula thoe, Magnathemidae, Megaphlebiidae, Miopetalura orientalis, Necrogomphus, Petalurida, Pritykiniella, Proterogomphidae, Stenogomphus scudderi
Subtaxa: Nothomacromia
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence