Heteropelta

Heteropelta; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Eucrocopoda
Genus:	† Heteropelta ; Dalla Vecchia, 2021
Type species
	†Heteropelta boboi; Dalla Vecchia, 2021

Last updated September 28, 2025

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

↑ 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. PMC 8601055 . PMID 34820195.
↑ 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

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[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". PeerJ. 9 e12468. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12468 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8601055 . PMID 34820195.

[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

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