Insecta - Odonata - Cordulibellulidae

Full reference: S. D. Sroka, T. F. Howells, and A. Nel. 2023. A new transitional “libelluloid” family of odonates with Mesozoic affinities in the Eocene Green River Formation of Utah, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68:337-342

Parent taxon: Cavilabiata according to S. D. Sroka et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Chlorogomphida, Cordulegastrida, Cristotibiata, Gallophlebiidae, Libanocorduliidae, Libelluloidea, Urolibellulidae

Subtaxa: Cordulibellula

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Type: Cordulibellula

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Near Bonanza (Eocene of Utah)

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