Deltasaurus 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

Parent taxon: Peltosteginae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Cosgriff 1965, Cosgriff 1974, Cosgriff and Zawiskie 1979, Marsicano and Warren 1998 and Warren and Black 1985

Sister taxa: Boreopelta, Mahavisaurus, Trucheosaurus

Subtaxa: Deltasaurus kimberleyensis Deltasaurus pustulatus

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Type: Deltasaurus kimberleyensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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