Name - Varanops

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1502618 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Varanops Williston 1914

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The skull of Mesenosaurus romeri, a small varanopseid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Permian of the Mezen River basin, northern Russia.
• An articulated skeleton of Varanops with bite marks: The oldest known evidence of scavenging among terrestrial vertebrates.
• The morphology of the terminal phalanges in Permo-Carboniferous synapsids: an evolutionary perspective.
• Bone histology of varanopids (Synapsida) from Richards Spur, Oklahoma, sheds light on growth patterns and lifestyle in early terrestrial colonizers.

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