Deltadectes

Deltadectes is an extinct genus of early rhynchocephalian from the Late Triassic of Switzerland. It contains a single species, Deltadectes elvetica.[1]

Deltadectes
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Family: Gephyrosauridae
Genus: Deltadectes
Whiteside, Duffin & Furrer, 2017
Type species
Deltadectes elvetica
Whiteside, Duffin & Furrer, 2017

References

  1. Whiteside, David I.; Duffin, Christopher J.; Furrer, Heinz (2017-07-01). "The Late Triassic lepidosaur fauna from Hallau, North-Eastern Switzerland, and a new 'basal' rhynchocephalian Deltadectes elvetica gen. et sp. nov". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 285: 53–74. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2017/0669.
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