Heteropelta
Heteropelta Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Eucrocopoda |
Genus: | †Heteropelta Dalla Vecchia, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Heteropelta boboi Dalla Vecchia, 2021
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Heteropelta is an extinct genus of archosauriform, possibly a basal archosauriform, basal phytosaur or a suchian archosaur. It is known from a single species, Heteropelta boboi, which was found in the Middle Triassic in Italy.[1]
References[]
- ^ Vecchia, Fabio Marco Dalla (2021-11-15). "Heteropelta boboi n. gen., n. sp. an armored archosauriform (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of Italy". PeerJ. 9: e12468. doi:10.7717/peerj.12468. ISSN 2167-8359.
Categories:
- Prehistoric archosauriforms
- Prehistoric reptile genera
- Anisian genera
- Middle Triassic reptiles of Europe
- Triassic Italy
- Fossils of Italy
- Fossil taxa described in 2021
- Triassic reptile stubs