Heteropelta Temporal range: Middle Triassic, | |
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Holotype | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]