Clade Epiproctophora Bechly 1996 (dragonfly)
Parent taxon: Odonata according to G. Bechly 2007
Sister taxa: Anisoptera, Anisozygoptera, Antitaxineura, Heterothemis, Idionychidae, Kobdoneura, Libellulina, Mesomantidiidae, Orthaeschnites, Oryctothemis, Peraphlebia, Perissophlebia, Proaeschna, Sogdothemis, Somatochlora, Syrrhoe, Triassophlebia, Trichocnemis, Zygoptera
Subtaxa: Euepiproctophora, Frenguelliidae, Isophlebioptera
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore