| Deltasaurus Temporal range: Triassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| Family: | Rhytidosteidae |
| Genus: | Deltasaurus |
| Species: | D. kimberleyensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltasaurus kimberleyensis Cosgriff, 1965 |
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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.