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1. Introduction 1
2. Adult and larval morphology of the Aeschnidiidae 3
2.1 The larva 3
2.2 The adult 6
3. Systematic Palaeontology 15
3.1 Taxa previously attributed to Aeschnidium 15
Genus Aeschnidium Westwood, 1854 15
Aeschnidium bubas Westwood, 1854 15
Aeschnidium antiquum (Brodie, 1845) 23
Genus Misofaeschnidium gen. n 25
Misofaeschnidium densum (Hagen, 1862) 25
Genus Sinaeschnidia Hong, 1965 stat. rest. 30
Sinaeschnidia martinezdelclosi sp. n. 39
3.2 Taxa previously attributed to Urogomphus 40
Genus Urogomphus Handlirsch, 1906 40
Urogomphus giganteus (Münster in Germar, 1839) 43
Urogomphus (?) species undetermined . 44
Genus Lithoaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993 stat. rest. 45
Lithoaeschnidium viohli Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993 stat. rest. 45
Genus Brunetaeschnidium gen. n 46
Brunetaeschnidium nusplingensis (Bechly, 1998) comb. n 46
Brunetaeschnidium sp. 46
3.3 Other genera previously described 48
Genus Aegyptidium Schlüter & Hartung, 1982. 48
Aegyptidium aburasiensis Schlüter & Hartung, 1982 48
Genus Aeschnidiella Zalesky, 1953. 51
Aeschnidiella kabanovi Zalesky, 1953 51
Genus Aeschnidiopsis Tillyard, 1917 51
Aeschnidiopsis flindersiensis (Woodward, 1884) 51
Genus Bergeriaeschnidia Nel, Bechly & Martínez-Delclòs, 1996. 53
Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata Nel et al., 1996 stat. rest. 53
Genus Gigantoaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 55
Gigantoaeschnidium ibericus Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 55
Genus Iberoaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 63
Iberoaeschnidium conquensis Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 63
Genus Leptaeschnidium Pritykina, 1977 63
Leptaeschnidium latum Pritykina, 1977 65
Leptaeschnidium araripina (Carle & Wighton, 1990) comb. n 65
Genus Lleidoaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 72
Lleidoaeschnidium valloryi Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993 72
Lleidoaeschnidium maculatum sp. n. 72
Genus Malmaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 74
Malmaeschnidium mayeri Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 75
Genus Nannoaeschnidium Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 75
Nannoaeschnidium pumilio Nel & Martínez-Delclòs, 1993. 75
Genus Santanoptera Martill & Nel, 1996 78
Santanoptera gabbotti Martill & Nel, 1996 78
Genus Solnhofenia Bechly, 2000. 78
Solnhofenia stoebeneri Bechly, 2000 78
Genus Tauropteryx Pritykina, 1993. 78
Tauropteryx krassilovi Pritykina, 1993 80
Genus Stylaeschnidium Zhang & Zhang, 2001. 80
Stylaeschnidium rarum Zhang & Zhang, 2001. 80
Genus Dracontaeschnidium Zhang & Zhang, 2001. 80
Dracontaeschnidium orientale Zhang & Zhang, 2001 80
Descriptions of new genera 80
Genus Angloaeschnidium gen. n. 80
Angloaeschnidium toyei sp. n 82
Cf. Angloaeschnidium toyei 86
Angloaeschnidium montreuili sp. n . 89
? Angloaeschnidium lacaui sp. n. 92
Genus Cooperaeschnidium gen. n. 94
Cooperaeschnidium durandi sp. n. 95
Genus Delclosaeschnidium gen. n. 102
Delclosaeschnidium magnum sp. n. 103
Genus Diastatopsaeschnidium gen. n. 107
Diastatopsaeschnidium reneeheiko sp. n. 107
Genus Jarzembowskiaeschnidium gen. n. 108
Jarzembowskiaeschnidium polandi sp. n. 110
Genus Kessleraeschnidium gen. n. 114
Kessleraeschnidium simonae sp. n 114
Genus Rossaeschnidium gen. n. 118
Rossaeschnidium patriciae sp. n. 118
Genus Coramaeschnidium gen. n 120
Coramaeschnidium minimum sp. n. 120
Genus Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium gen. n. 122
Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium etchesi sp. n. 122
3.5 Undetermined new genera and species 124
3.6 List of genera and species of Aeschnidiidae 134
4. Phylogenetic analyses 137
4.1 Method 137
4.2 Position of the Aeschnidiidae relative to the Anisoptera 137
4.2.1 Previous works 137
4.2.2 New analysis 139
4.2.3 List of characters 139
4.2.4 List of taxa 149
4.2.4.1 Outgroups 149
4.2.4.2 Ingroup 149
4.2.5 Results 149
4.3 Phylogenetic analysis of the Aeschnidiidae 151
4.3.1 Previous works 151
4.3.2 Excluded taxa 151
4.3.3 Included taxa (in alphabetic order) 151
4.3.4 Outgroups 152
4.3.5 List of character states. 152
4.3.6 Results 165
5. Conclusions 169
Acknowledgements 170
References 171