Varanosaurus
Name:
Varanosaurus
(Varan lizard).
Phonetic: Vah-ran-o-sore-us.
Named By: F. broili - 1904.
Synonyms: Poecilospondylus francisi,
Varanosaurus wichitaensis.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Pelycosauria, Varanopidae, Varanodontinae.
Species: V. acutirostris
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull about 14 centimetres long, total
body length somewhere between 1 and 1.5 meters.
Known locations: USA, Texas - Arroyo Formation.
Time period: Kungurian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including the
skull.
Varanosaurus is a genus of pelycosaur that live in the southern USA during the Permian. Care should be taken not to confuse Varanosaurus with two very similar pelycosaurs named Varanops and Varanodon.
Further reading
- Permische Stegocephalen und Reptilien aus Texas. -
Palaeontographica 51:1-120 - F. broili - 1904.
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