Cordulegastroidea
| Cordulegastroidea Temporal range: Possible Late Jurassic record
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| Delta-spotted spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Clade: | Cavilabiata |
| Superfamily: | Hagen, 1875 |
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Cordulegastroidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains three families.[1]
Families
This superfamily includes the following three families:[1][2]
- Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
- Cordulegastridae Hagen, 1875
- Neopetaliidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
The oldest known fossil members of Cordulegastroidea are the family Mesochlorogomphidae (containing Mesochlorogomphus & Hispanochlorogomphus) from the Barremian of England & Spain, and the family Araripechlorogomphidae (containing only Araripechlorogomphus) from the late Aptian of Brazil, which are thought to be related to the Chlorogomphidae.[3][4] The Hemeroscopidae Pritykina, 1977 from the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous may belong to this group as well.[5]
References
- ^ a b Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). Magnolia Press: 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
- ^ "World Odonata List (NEW)". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
- ^ Fleck; et al. (2008). "New Lower Cretaceous 'libelluloid' dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergence dates for this group" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 1: 19–36.
- ^ Nel, André; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha (2024-04-01). "New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 156 105811. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15605811N. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Bechly, G.; Nel, A.; Martínez-Delclòs, X.; Fleck, G. (1998-01-01). "Four new dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae, Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.)". Odonatologica. 27 (2): 149–187. ISSN 0375-0183.