Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: D. S. Berman, A. C. Henrici, S. S. Sumida, T. Martens, and V. Pelletier. 2014. First European record of a Varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): member of a unique Early Permian upland paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, central Germany. Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 69-86

Belongs to Tambacarnifex according to D. S. Berman et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNG 10596, a partial skeleton (greater part of postcranial skeleton preserved both in bone and as impressions on counterpart blocks). Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Artinskian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.