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Varanosaurus
Taxonomy
Varanosaurus was named by Broili (1904). It is not extant. Its type is Varanosaurus acutirostris.
It was assigned to Poliosauridae by Case (1907), Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Ophiacodontidae by Romer and Price (1940), Benson (2012).
It was assigned to Poliosauridae by Case (1907), Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Ophiacodontidae by Romer and Price (1940), Benson (2012).
Species
V. acutirostris (syn. Poecilospondylus francisi) (type species), V. wichitaensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Varanosaurus Broili p. 71 figs. Pl. X, XI, XII |
| 1907 | Varanosaurus Case |
| 1910 | Poecilospondylus Case p. 183 |
| 1930 | Varanosaurus Hay p. 47 |
| 1930 | Poecilospondylus Hay p. 48 |
| 1940 | Varanosaurus Romer and Price pp. 18, 216 |
| 1986 | Varanosaurus Reisz |
| 1988 | Varanosaurus Carroll |
| 2012 | Varanosaurus Benson |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Varanosaurus Broili 1904
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†Varanosaurus acutirostris Broili 1904
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Invalid names: Poecilospondylus francisi Case 1910 [synonym]
†Varanosaurus wichitaensis Romer 1937
Invalid names: Poecilospondylus Case 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | V. sp. (28148) V. wichitaensis (28146) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | V. sp. (28250) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Poecilospondylus francisi, V. acutirostris (28256) V. acutirostris (28267) |