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Deltasaurus kimberleyensis

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region of northwest Australia. The holotype material is fossil material in shale of a partial skull, the skull roof and its impression with a remaining fragment of the palate,
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included more fragmented material revealing other details including skull, clavicle, and jaw fossils that were also attributed to the new species.
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grew to about one metre long, a moderately small predator of fish, the greatest length of the skull is around 90 millimetres. A species of
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was published in 1964, nominating this as the type species when establishing the genus and providing the description for a second species,
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Warren, Anne (1987). "An Ancient Amphibian from Western Australia". In Hand, Suzanne and Michael Archer (ed.).
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stage of the Triassic. The fossilised remains were discovered in the
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formation in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia in 1965.
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Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent
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Index

Triassic
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli
Rhytidosteidae
Deltasaurus
Binomial name
temnospondyl
amphibian
Rhytidosteidae
Carnian
Blina Shale
J. W. Cosgriff
Deltasaurus pustulatus
Blina Shale
Kimberley
Paratypes
Deltasaurus
Deltasaurus pustulatus
Southwest Australia
Chomatobatrachus halei
Lydekkerinidae
Blina Shale
Erskine Range
Kimberley
Northwest Australia

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