Deltaherpeton
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Deltaherpeton is an extinct genus
of colosteid
from middle Mississippian (late Viséan
age) deposits of Delta
, Iowa
, USA. It was first named by John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard in 2010
and the type species is Deltaherpeton hiemstrae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of colosteid
Colosteidae
The Colosteidae are a family of amphibian tetrapods that lived in the Carboniferous period. They appear to be a fairly primitive group, a sister group to the reptile-like amphibians and the other temnospondylans....
from middle Mississippian (late Viséan
Viséan
The Visean, Viséan or Visian is an age in the ICS geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the second stage of the Mississippian, the lower subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Visean lasted from 345.3 ± 2.1 to 328.3 ± 1.6 Ma...
age) deposits of Delta
Delta, Iowa
Delta is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 410 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Delta is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, USA. It was first named by John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard in 2010
2010 in paleontology
-Anomalocaridids:-Newly named crustaceans:-Newly named insects:* A new family, Cascopleciidae, is published by Poinar Jr.* A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs....
and the type species is Deltaherpeton hiemstrae.