Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae
Alternative spelling: Megapodagrioninae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1917. The Biology of Dragonflies (Odonata or Paraneuroptera) 1-396
Parent taxon: Coenagriomorpha according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2008
See also Carpenter 1992, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Petrulevičius et al. 2008 and Tillyard 1917
Sister taxon: Megapodagrioniidae
Subtaxa: Cretapodagrion Eckfeldia Electropodagrion Hanklitia Megapodagrion Oligoargiolestes Phyonganpodagrion Viridiflumineagrion Vulcagrion
Type: Megapodagrion
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections)
• Miocene of France (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1), North Korea (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence