Archaeovenator Reisz and Dilkes 2003 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: R. R. Reisz and D. W. Dilkes. 2003. Archaeovenator hamiltonensis, a new varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(4):667-678

Parent taxon: Varanopidae according to F. Spindler et al. 2018

See also Maddin et al. 2006 and Reisz and Dilkes 2003

Sister taxa: Apsisaurus, Ascendonanus, Dendromaia, Mycterosaurinae, Neovaranopsia, Pyozia, Thrausmosaurus, Thrausmosaurus serratidens

Subtaxa: Archaeovenator hamiltonensis

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Type: Archaeovenator hamiltonensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hamilton Quarry (Carboniferous of Kansas)

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