Aeshnoidea

Aeshnoidea is a superfamily of dragonflies that contains two extant families, Aeshnidae and Austropetaliidae.
This clade also contains these fossil families:

Superfamily Aeshnoidea
* †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
** †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.