Steleopteron deichmuelleri

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]

Steleopteron deichmuelleri
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Steleopteron deichmuelleri (holotype photo)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: †Steleopteridae
Genus: †Steleopteron
Handlirsch, 1906
Species:
†S. deichmuelleri
Binomial name
†Steleopteron deichmuelleri
Handlirsch, 1906

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]

References
  1. "Steleopteron deichmuelleri". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. Handlirsch, A. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1–640 p.598


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