Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae
Full reference: F. Spindler, R. Werneburg, J. W. Schneider, L. Luthardt, V. Annacker and R. Rößler. 2018. First arboreal ’pelycosaurs’ (Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogen. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 92:315-364
Belongs to Ascendonanus according to F. Spindler et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNC-TA0924, a skeleton (Articulated skeleton and integument). Its type locality is Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf), which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian dry floodplain tuff in the Leukersdorf Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.