The 268–0 Ma Odonata display begins with the earliest fossil recognized as a modern odonate, Saxonagrion minutus, rather than inheriting the older Odonatoptera edge.
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References / paperOdonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
Bybee, S.; Córdoba-Aguilar, A.; Duryea, M.C.; et al.
Year2016
Source rolesystematic-review
DOI / ID10.1186/s12983-016-0176-7
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · range · topology · ecology
Review identifies Saxonagrion minutus at approximately 268 Ma as the earliest modern odonate; this is a fossil minimum rather than an origin estimate.