Geiseleptes

Geiseleptes is a genus of extinct sphaerodactylid geckos that lived in the Eocene (Middle Paleogene, 47 Ma) of Germany.

The genus is named after the site of discovery, the Geiseltal coal mine, while the specific name honors paleoherpetologist Massimo Delfino.

[2] This skull was discovered in 1933 and described in 2022 by a research team led by Dr. Andrea Villa (ICP-UAB), Dr. Oliver Wings (MLU), and Dr. Marton Rabi (MLU).

[4][1] 47 million years ago, central Germany would have been subtropical forests.

Geiseleptes implies that European sphaerodactylids (the newly named subfamily Euleptinae) have persisted as a long-lasting and stable lineage.