Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae
Full reference: E. Selys-Longchamps. 1850. Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 6:1-408
Parent taxon: Italoansida according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 2005, Carpenter 1992, Gentilini 1992, Jarzembowski and Nel 1996, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Pritykina 1986 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Anauriculida, Austrolibellula, Jujusia, Urothemistidae
Subtaxa: Cellulocordulia Corduliinae Gomphomacromiinae Molercordulia Stenogomphus
Type: Cordulia
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences