This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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W. Zessin, 2010 - Aulertupus tembrocki n. gen. et sp. (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Aulertupidae n. fam.) aus dem Ober-Karbon von Mazon Creek, Illinois (USA) - Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg (13), 36-43 (journal article, German)
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J. Prokop, 2008 - Taxonomic names, in New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae) - Insect Systematics & Evolution (38), 223-229 (journal article, English)
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W. Zessin, 2006 - Zwei neue Insektenreste (Megasecoptera, Odonatoptera) aus dem Westfalium D (Oberkarbon) des Piesberges bei Osnabrück, Deutschland - Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg (9), 37-45 (journal article, German)
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F. M. Carpenter, 1980 - Studies on North American Carboniferous insects. 6. Upper Carboniferous insects from Pennsylvania - Psyche (87), 107-119 (journal article, English)
P. E. S. Whalley, 1980 - Tupus diluculum sp. nov. (Protodonata), a giant dragonfly from the Upper Carboniferous of Britain - Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (33), 285-287 (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1971 - Additional insects in Pennsylvanian concretions from Illinois - Psyche (78), 267-295 (journal article, English)
F. Laurentiaux-Vieira, 1963 - Découverte d'un Insecte Protodonate dans le Permien des Alpes-Maritimes - Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences (257), 3018-3020 (journal article, French)
P. Guthörl, 1962 - Zur Arthropoden-Fauna des Karbons und Perms. 14. Kohlwaldia kuhni n. g. n. sp. (Ins., Protodon.) aus dem Westfal D des Saarkarbons mit einer Zusammenstellung der bis jetzt bekannten palaeozoischen Protodonatenarten - Annales Universitatis Saraviensis (10), 49-56 (journal article, German)
F. M. Carpenter, 1960 - Studies on North American Carboniferous Insects: 1. The Protodonata - Psyche (67), 98-110 (journal article, English)
G. Zalessky, 1950 - New representatives of fossil insects of order Protodonata - Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Geologicheskiy (25), 98-108 (journal article, Russian)
F. M. Carpenter, 1947 - Lower Permian Insects from Oklahoma. Part 1. Introduction and the Orders Megasecoptera, Protodonata, and Odonata - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (76), 25-54 (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1943 - Studies on Carboniferous insects from Commentry, France; Part I. Introduction and families Protagriidae, Meganeuridae, and Campylopteridae - Geological Society America Bulletin (54), 527-554 (journal article, English)
A. V. Martynov, 1940 - Permian fossil insects from Chekarda - Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta (11), 1-63 (serial monograph, Russian)
F. M. Carpenter, 1939 - The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 8: Additional Megasecoptera, Protodonata, Odonata, Homoptera, Psocoptera, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and Protoperlaria - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (73), 29-70 (journal article, English)
H. Bolton, 1934 - Fossil insect from the British coal measures - Nature (134), 183- (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1933 - The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 6: Delopteridae, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and a New Collection of Protodonata, Odonata, Megasecoptera, Homoptera and Psocoptera - Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (68), 411-505 (journal article, English)
A. V. Martynov, 1932 - New Permian Palaeoptera with the discussion of some problems of their evolution - Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta (1), 1-44 (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1931 - The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 2: The Orders Paleodictyoptera, Protodonata and Odonata - American Journal of Science (5), 97-139 (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1928 - A new protodonatan from the Grand Canyon - Psyche (35), 186-190 (journal article, English)
F. M. Carpenter, 1927 - A fossil Insect from the Lower Permian of the Grand Canyon - Proceedings of the National Museum (71), 1-4 (journal article, English)
R. J. Tillyard, 1925 - Kansas Permian Insects, Part 5: The Orders Protodonata and Odonata - American Journal of Science, Series 5 (10), 41-73 (journal article, English)
H. Bolton, 1922 - - A Monograph of the Fossil Insects of the British Coal Measures (), 81-156 (serial monograph, English)
A. Handlirsch, 1922 - Insecta Palaeozoica - Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia (16), 1-230 (serial monograph, German)
P. Pruvost, 1919 - Introduction À l'etude du terrain houiller du nord et du Pas-de-Calais: la faune continentale du terrain houiller du nord de la France - (), 1-584 (book, French)
A. Handlirsch, 1919 - Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten - Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (96), 511-592 (journal article, English)
H. Bolton, 1914 - On the occurrence of a giant dragon-fly in the Radstock Coal Measures - Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (278), 119-127 (journal article, English)
A. Handlirsch, 1911 - New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois - American Journal of Science, Series 4 (31), 353-377 (journal article, English)
F. Meunier, 1909 - Nouveaux insectes du Stéphanien de Commentry (cinquième note) - Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (15), 37-40 (journal article, French)
A. Handlirsch, 1906 - Revision of American Paleozoic insects - Proceedings of the United States National Museum (29), 661-820 (journal article, English)
A. Handlirsch, 1906 - Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV - Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen (), 1-640 (book/book chapter, German)
E. H. Sellards, 1906 - Types of Permian insects, part I - Odonata - American Journal of Science, Series 4 (22), 249-258 (journal article, English)
C. Brongniart, 1894 - Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes - Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris (821), 1-494 (book, French)
S. H. Scudder, 1893 - Insect fauna of the Rhode Island coal field - Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey (101), 1-21 (serial monograph, English)
C. Brongniart, 1885 - Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Coup d'oeil rapide sur la fauna entomologique des terrains paléozoïques - Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen (21), 50-68 (journal article, French)
C. Brongniart, 1884 - Sur un gigantesque Neurorthoptère, provenant des terrains houillers de Commentry (Allier) - Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (98), 832-833 (journal article, French)
H. B. Geinitz, 1865 - Über einige seltene Versteinerungen aus der unteren Dyas und der Steinkohlen-Formation - Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie (1865), 385-394 (journal article, German)