Varanosaurus acutirostris Broili, 1904
Synapsida
"Pelycosauria"
Ophiacodontidae
Early Permian
Belle Plains Fm (Artinskian)
Texas, US
Length: 1.2 m
Varanosaurus acutirostris from the Early Permian of Texas, measured about 1.2 m in length and was an agile predator with a slender laterally compressed snout. It is known from decent material including the almost complete holotype skeleton. A second species, V. wichitaensis, has been described, based on isolated postcranial remains and is virtually indistinguishable from V. acutirostris besides being smaller and geologically slightly older.
January 6, 2015
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