Biology:Heteropelta

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Heteropelta
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Heteropelta boboi.jpg
Holotype
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: Eucrocopoda
Genus: Heteropelta
Dalla Vecchia, 2021
Type species
Heteropelta boboi
Dalla Vecchia, 2021

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 Torbiditi d’Aupa Formation in Italy.[1] The holotype is listed as specimen MFSN 46485 and was collected after 2006.[2]

References

  1. Vecchia, Fabio Marco Dalla (2021-11-15). "Heteropelta boboi n. gen., n. sp. an armored archosauriform (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of Italy" (in en). PeerJ 9: e12468. doi:10.7717/peerj.12468. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 34820195. PMC 8601055. https://peerj.com/articles/12468. 
  2. Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (2006). Resti di Tanystropheus, saurotterigi e rauisuchi (Reptilia) nel Triassico medio della Val Aupa (Moggio Udinese, Udine) Gortania-Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 27(2005):25-48

Wikidata ☰ Q109591798 entry