†family Haidilaozhenidae Yang et al. 2023 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Haidilaozhenidae

Full reference: N. Yang, D. Ren, and O. Béthoux. 2023. Little bits of dragonfly history repeating exemplified by a new Pennsylvanian family. Royal Society Open Science 10(230904)

Parent taxon: Odonata according to N. Yang et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Anisozygoptera, Epiproctophora, Hageniella, Hageniella problematica, Kobdoneura, Liassophlebia clavigaster, Liassophlebia hopei, Libellula decapitata, Libellulina, Mesomantidiidae, Mesonetopsis, Orthaeschnites, Oryctothemis, Palaeophlebia, Peraphlebia, Proaeschna, Pseudoeuphaea, Pseudoeuphaea areolata, Pseudoeuphaea falsificata, Pseudoeuphaea filosa, Pseudoeuphaea obscura, Sogdothemis, Syrrhoe, Triassophlebia, Zygoptera

Subtaxa: Haidilaozhen

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Peacock 1 outcrop, Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (Carboniferous of China)

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