Heteropelta
Extinct genus of reptiles
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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 Torbiditi d'Aupa Formation in Italy.[1] The holotype is listed as specimen MFSN 46485 and was collected after 2006.[2]
| 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 | |
