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Varanosaurus acutirostris

Ophiacodontidae

Taxonomy
Varanosaurus acutirostris was named by Broili (1904). Its type specimen is BSPHM 1901 XV 20, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craddock Bonebed, Brush Creek, 38 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Varanosaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Varanosaurus acutirostris Broili pp. 71-81 figs. Pl. X, XI, XII
1907Varanosaurus acutirostris Case p. 20
1910Poecilospondylus francisi Case p. 183
1930Poecilospondylus francisi Hay p. 48
1930Varanosaurus acutirostris Hay p. 48
1940Varanosaurus acutirostris Romer and Price pp. 18, 220
1986Varanosaurus acutirostris Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyOphiacodontidaeNopsca 1923
genusVaranosaurus
speciesacutirostris

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.

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Invalid names: Poecilospondylus francisi Case 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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