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Deltasaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
Restoration of Deltasaurus kimberleyensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Rhytidosteidae
Subfamily:	†Derwentiinae
Genus:	†Deltasaurus Cosgriff, 1965
Species
†D. kimberleyensis Cosgriff, 1965 (type) †D. pustulatus Cosgriff, 1965

Deltasaurus is an extinct genus of Carnian temnospondyl amphibian of the Rhytidosteidae family.

The genus was erected in 1965 by John W. Cosgriff.

It is the most common animal fossil of the Blina Shale, a fossil deposit at the eastern end of the Erskine Range in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. A specimen has also been collected from the Knocklofty Sandstone deposit in Tasmania.

One species of Deltasaurus, D. kimberleyensis, grew to around 90 centimetres in length. It had four limbs and a tail, and numerous tiny teeth. It is thought to have been a predator of fish.

References

1. Cosgriff, J. W. (1965). "A new genus of Temnospondyli from the Triassic of Western Australia". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 48: 65–90.

• Warren, Anne (1987). "An Ancient Amphibian from Western Australia". In Hand, Suzanne and Michael Archer (ed.). The Antipodean Ark. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-15664-6.

• Amphibians of Western Australia
• Prehistoric amphibians of Australia
• Triassic temnospondyls of Australia
• Fossil taxa described in 1965