Family Neophyidae Tillyard and Fraser 1940 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Neophyidae
Alternative spelling: Neophyinae
Parent taxon: Libelluloidea according to A. Goodman et al. 2026
See also Jarzembowski and Nel 1996 and Petrulevičius and Nel 2009
Sister taxa: Condalia, Cordulephyidae, Corduliidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Idionychidae, Libellula cassandra, Libellula ceres, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Synthemistidae
Subtaxa: Neophya Palaeophya
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence