# Deltadectes

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
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| fossil_range = [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic)
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| taxon = Deltadectes
| authority = Whiteside, Duffin & Furrer, 2017
| type_species = †'''''Deltadectes elvetica'''''
| type_species_authority = Whiteside, Duffin & Furrer, 2017
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'''''Deltadectes''''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [genus](/source/genus) of early [rhynchocephalian](/source/Rhynchocephalia) from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) [Klettgau Formation](/source/Klettgau_Formation) of [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). It contains a single species, '''''Deltadectes elvetica'''''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Whiteside|first1=David I.|last2=Duffin|first2=Christopher J.|last3=Furrer|first3=Heinz|date=2017-07-01|title=The Late Triassic lepidosaur fauna from Hallau, North-Eastern Switzerland, and a new 'basal' rhynchocephalian Deltadectes elvetica gen. et sp. nov.|url=https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpa/detail/285/87648/The_Late_Triassic_lepidosaur_fauna_from_Hallau_Nor?af=crossref|journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen|volume=285|language=en|pages=53–74|doi=10.1127/njgpa/2017/0669|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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Category:Rhynchocephalia
Category:Prehistoric reptile genera

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