Varanosaurus

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

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

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