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DELTAHERPETON
(del-tah-her-pe-ton)
meaning: "Delta creeper"
Named By: J. R. Bolt & R. E. Lombard in 2010
Time Period: 330 Ma
Location: USA, Iowa - St. Louis Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skull
Classification: | Chordata | Tetrapoda | Temnospondyli | Colosteidae |
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Deltaherpeton is an extinct genus of colosteid from middle Mississippian (late Visean age) deposits of Delta, Iowa, United States. It was first named by John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard in 2010 and the type species is Deltaherpeton hiemstrae.

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