Deltasaurus pustulatus Cosgriff 1965 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Full reference: J. W. Cosgriff. 1965. A new genus of Temnospondyli from the Triassic of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48:65-90

Belongs to Deltasaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

Sister taxon: Deltasaurus kimberleyensis

Type specimen: BMR F.21775, a partial skull (Partial skull roof with palatal fragment). Its type locality is BMR 10, Beagle Ridge Core, which is in an Induan/Olenekian marine shale in the Kockatea Shale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at BMR 10, Beagle Ridge Core

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