Steleopteron deichmuelleri is a species of extinct winged damselfly in the family Steleopteridae, which lived in modern Germany during the Upper Jurassic era (150.8-145 million years ago).[1]
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| Steleopteron deichmuelleri (holotype photo) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | †Steleopteridae |
| Genus: | †Steleopteron Handlirsch, 1906 |
| Species: | †S. deichmuelleri
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| †Steleopteron deichmuelleri Handlirsch, 1906
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The holotype 1903.V3 1985/4, which is a dissociated exoskeleton, was found in the Lower Tithonian sediments at Eichstatt, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. The Austrian paleoentomologist Anton Handlirsch described it in 1906.[1][2]
The body of the holotype reaches 60 mm in length and 3 mm in width, wings – 39 mm in length and 6 mm in width. They were fast insectivorous predators.[1]
The species belongs to the extinct insect family Steleopteridae, and the genus Steleopteron, and is its type species. A sister taxon is Steleopteron cretacicus.[1]
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