†Microvaranops Spindler et al. 2018 (synapsid)
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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
Parent taxon: Afrothyra according to F. Spindler et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Anningia, Elliotsmithia, Heleosaurus
Subtaxa: Microvaranops parentis
Type: Microvaranops parentis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Beukesplaas (Permian of South Africa)
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