Aeshnoidea

Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains two extant families, Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.

This clade also contains these fossil families:

• Superfamily Aeshnoidea (=clade Aeshnoptera <small>Bechly, 1996</small>)
• †Cymatophlebiidae <small>Handlirsch, 1906</small>
• †Eumorbaeschnidae <small>Bechly et al., 2001</small>
• †Liupanshaniidae <small>Bechly et al., 2001</small>
• †Mesuropetalidae <small>Bechly, 1996</small>
• †Paracymatophlebiidae <small>Bechly et al., 2001</small>
• †Progobiaeshnidae <small>Bechly, Nel, Martínez-Delclòs et al., 2001</small>
• †Rudiaeschnidae <small>Bechly et al., 2001</small>
• Clade Aeshnodea <small>Bechly, 1996</small> (incl. Aeshnidae)
• †Burmaeshnidae <small>Huang et al., 2017</small>
• †Enigmaeshnidae <small>Nel et al., 2008</small>
• †Libanoaeshnidae <small>Azar, Maksoud, Abi-Saad & Nel, 2024</small>
• †Primumaeshnidae <small>Pouillon & Nel, 2020</small>

The paracymatophlebiid †Sinocymatophlebia and the indeterminate aeshnoid †Propecymatophlebia <small>Huang, Nel & Cai, 2017</small>, known from the Middle Jurassic of China, represent the oldest known crown group dragonflies.

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