Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Alternative spelling: Gomphaeschnini
Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnidae according to C. Jouault et al. 2023
See also Bechly et al. 2001, Jarzembowski 1988, Lewis 1988, Nel et al. 1996, Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993, Nel et al. 1994, Ren and Guo 1996, Schädel and Lechner 2017 and Wighton and Wilson 1986
Sister taxa: Cretalloaeschna, Falsisophoaeschna, Gomphaeschnaoidinae, Sophoaeschna
Subtaxa: Alloaeschna Allopetalia Gomphaeschna Kishenehna Oligoaeschna Oplonaeschna
Type: Gomphaeschna
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Oligocene of France (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Colorado, Montana)
• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta), United States (1: North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences