Varanops
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Varanops is an extinct genus of Early Permian varanopid known from Texas and Oklahoma of the United States. It was first named by Samuel Wendell Williston in 1911 as a second species of Varanosaurus, Varanosaurus brevirostris.[1] In 1914, Samuel W. Williston reassigned it to its own genus and the type species is Varanops brevirostris.[2]
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Varanops | |
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Varanops brevirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Family: | †Varanopidae |
Subfamily: | †Varanopinae |
Genus: | †Varanops Williston, 1914 |
Species: | †V. brevirostris |
Binomial name | |
†Varanops brevirostris (Williston, 1911 [originally Varanosaurus]) | |
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