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Extinct genus of reptiles

Heteropelta
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype
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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. The holotype is listed as specimen MFSN 46485 and was collected after 2006.

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". 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
Archosauromorpha
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
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Archosauromorpha
Archosauromorpha
Tanysauria
Trachelosauridae
Sharovipterygidae?
Tanystropheidae
Crocopoda
Allokotosauria
Rhynchosauria
Prolacertidae?
Archosauriformes
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Sharovipteryx mirabilis

Macrocnemus basanii

Prolacerta broomi
Archosauriformes
Archosauriformes
Proterosuchidae
Protopyknosia
Erythrosuchidae
Eucrocopoda
Euparkeriidae
Proterochampsia
Crurotarsi
Phytosauria
Archosauria
Incertae sedis
Avemetatarsalia
Pseudosuchia
Proterosuchus fergusi

Erythrosuchus africanus

Euparkeria capensis
Related topics
Tooth taxa
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Paraphyletic groups
Possible members
Pseudosuchia
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Pseudosuchia
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Pseudosuchia
Pseudosuchia
Ornithosuchidae
Suchia
Erpetosuchidae
Aetosauriformes
Aetosauria
Gracilisuchidae
Paracrocodylomorpha
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Ornithosuchus longidens

Erpetosuchus granti

Gracilisuchus stepanicicorum
Paracrocodylomorpha
Paracrocodylomorpha
Poposauroidea
Ctenosauriscidae
Poposauridae
Shuvosauridae
Loricata
Rauisuchidae
Crocodylomorpha
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Arizonasaurus babbitti

Effigia okeeffeae Saurosuchus galilei

Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylomorpha
Saltoposuchidae
Hallopodidae
Thalattosuchia
Crocodyliformes
Protosuchidae
Notochampsidae
Gobiosuchidae
Mesoeucrocodylia
Shartegosuchoidea
Shartegosuchidae
Metasuchia
Ziphosuchia
Neosuchia
Hesperosuchus agilis

Hoplosuchus kayi

Sichuanosuchus huidongensis
Taxon identifiers
Heteropelta


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