Deltadectes is an extinct genus of early rhynchocephalian from the Late Triassic Klettgau Formation of Switzerland. It contains a single species, Deltadectes elvetica.[1]
| Deltadectes Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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References edit
- ^ 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.