Varanosaurus
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Varanosaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Family: | †Ophiacodontidae |
Genus: | †Varanosaurus Broili, 1904 |
Type species | |
<templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Varanosaurus acutirostris Broili, 1904
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Varanosaurus ('monitor lizard') is an extinct genus of early pelycosaur synapsid that lived during the Kungurian.[2]
Description
As its name implies, Varanosaurus may have looked superficially similar to present-day monitor lizards.[citation needed]
Varanosaurus was a small, nimble synapsid and grew up to 1–1.5 m in length with a skull length 14 cm long.[2] It had a flattened, elongated skull and a pointed snout with a row of sharp teeth, including two pairs of conspicuous pseudocanines, implying that it was an active predator.[3]
Varanosaurus probably lived in swamps, competing with the larger Ophiacodon for food.[citation needed]
Classification
Below is a cladogram modified from the analysis of Benson (2012):[4]
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See also
References
Further reading
- Benes, Josef. Prehistoric Animals and Plants. Pg. 90. Artia: Prague, 1979.
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