Archeopelta
| Archeopelta Temporal range: Middle-Late Triassic ~ | |
|---|---|
| A vertebra and adjacent osteoderms from CPEZ-239a | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Suchia |
| Family: | †Erpetosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Archeopelta Desojo et al., 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Archeopelta arborensis Desojo et al., 2011 | |
Archeopelta is an extinct genus of carnivorous archosaur from the late Middle or early Late Triassic period (late Ladinian to early Carnian stage). It was a 2 m (6 ft) long predator which lived in what is now southern Brazil. Its exact phylogenetic placement within Archosauriformes is uncertain; it was originally classified as a doswelliid, but subsequently it was argued to be an erpetosuchid archosaur.
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