Deltaherpeton

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Deltaherpeton
Temporal range: 330Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Colosteidae
Genus: Deltaherpeton
Bolt & Lombard, 2010
Species
  • D. hiemstrae Bolt & Lombard, 2010 (type)

Deltaherpeton is an extinct genus of colosteid from middle Mississippian (late Viséan age) deposits of Delta, Iowa, USA.[1] It was first named by John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard in 2010 and the type species is Deltaherpeton hiemstrae.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard (2010). "Deltaherpeton hiemstrae, a New Colosteid Tetrapod from the Mississippian of Iowa". Journal of Paleontology 84 (6): 1135–1151. doi:10.1666/10-020.1. 
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