Varanops
| Varanops Temporal range: Early Permian, | |
|---|---|
| Varanops brevirostris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Varanopinae |
| Genus: | †Varanops Williston, 1914 |
| Species: | †V. brevirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Varanops brevirostris (Williston, 1911 [originally Varanosaurus]) | |
Varanops is an extinct genus of Early Permian varanopid known from Texas and Oklahoma of the United States. It was first named by Samuel Wendell Williston in 1911 as a second species of Varanosaurus, Varanosaurus brevirostris. In 1914, Samuel W. Williston reassigned it to its own genus and the type species is Varanops brevirostris.