or (incorrectly) as giant dragonflies. The order was formerly named Protodonata, the "proto-Odonata", for their similar appearance and supposed relation...

dragonflies in the strict sense) of the order Meganisoptera (formerly Protodonata). This lineage dates back at least to the Bashkirian, not quite 320 million...

Carboniferous Pennsylvanian Gzhelian Winged insects radiate suddenly; some (esp. Protodonata and Palaeodictyoptera) of them as well as some millipedes and scorpions...

Megasecoptera †(extinct) Archodonata †(extinct) Diaphanopterodea †(extinct) Protodonata or Meganisoptera †(extinct; sometimes included in Odonata) Protanisoptera...

invertebrate of all time. Among the insect groups are the huge predatory Protodonata (griffinflies), among which was Meganeura, a giant dragonfly-like insect...

with the superorder Odonatoptera, but not including the prehistoric Protodonata. In this approach, instead of Odonatoptera, the term Odonatoidea is used...

J. Tillyard. 1918. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 3 Odonata and Protodonata. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43:417-436...

Delopteridae, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and a New Collection of Protodonata, Odonata, Megasecoptera, Homoptera, and Psocoptera". Proceedings of the...

very long cerci, an ovipositor, and wings with little or no anal lobe. Protodonata, as its name implies, is a primitive paraphyletic group similar to Odonata;...

Insects from Oklahoma. Part 1. Introduction and the Orders Megasecoptera, Protodonata, and Odonata". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...