Deltasaurus kimberleyensis
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| Deltasaurus kimberleyensis Fossil range: Triassic |
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| Deltasaurus kimberleyensis Cosgriff, 1965 |
Deltasaurus kimberleyensis was a Carnian temnospondyl amphibian of the Rhytidosteidae family.
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.
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.
[edit] References
- Warren, Anne (1987). "An Ancient Amphibian from Western Australia", in Hand, Suzanne and Michael Archer: The Antipodean Ark. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0 207 15664 6.
[edit] Further reading
- 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.
