†Mesenosaurus efremovi Maho et al. 2019 (synapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae
Full reference: S. Maho, B. M. Gee, and R. R. Reisz. 2019. A new varanopid synapsid from the early Permian of Oklahoma and the evolutionary stasis in this clade. Royal Society Open Science 6(10):191297
Belongs to Mesenosaurus according to S. Maho et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Mesenosaurus romeri
Type specimen: OMNH 73209, a skull (a nearly complete skull and mandible). Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Richards Spur
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