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

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