Anisoptera et eorum cognati sunt grex antiquus. Veterrima fossiliaProtodonata repraesentant, ex Carbonifero superiori, abhinc annorum 326 million in Europa, qui grex Meganeuropsim permianam comprehendit, maximum insectum quod umquam vixit, ex Permiano ineunte, cui erat latitudo alarum circiter 750 millimetra.[3]
Anisoptera
Gomphidae
Austropetaliidae
Aeshnoidea
Petaluridae
Macromiidae
Libelluloidea
Neopetaliidae
Cordulegastridae
Libellulidae
"Corduliidae" [non cladus]
Synthemistidae
Chlorogomphidae
Circiter 3012 species anisopterorum anno 2010 descriptae sunt, quae in 348 genera in 11 familiis digerebantur. Distributio diversitatis intra regiones biogeographicas infra perscribuntur.[4]
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