Varanosaurus

Varanosaurus ('monitor lizard') is an extinct genus of early ophiacodontid synapsid that lived during the Artinskian and Kungurian ages of the Permian.

Varanosaurus
Temporal range: Early Permian,
A reconstruction of Varanosaurus acutirostris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Family: Ophiacodontidae
Genus: Varanosaurus
Broili, 1904
Type species
Varanosaurus acutirostris
Broili, 1904
Species
  • V. acutirostris Broili 1904 (type)
  • V. wichitaensis Romer 1937
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.