Cordulegastroidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains three families.[1]
| Cordulegastroidea Temporal range:
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| Delta-spotted spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cordulegastroidea Hagen, 1875 |
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Families
editThis superfamily includes the following three families:[1]
- Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
- Cordulegastridae Hagen, 1875
- Neopetaliidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1940
The oldest known fossil member of Cordulegastroidea is the family Araripechlorogomphidae (containing only Araripechlorogomphus) from the late Aptian of Brazil, which is thought to be related to the Chlorogomphidae.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811. ISSN 0195-6671.
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