Varanodon
| Varanodon Temporal range:
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| Life restoration of Varanodon agilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Varanopinae |
| Genus: | †Varanodon Olson, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| †Varanodon agilis Olson, 1965
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Varanodon is an extinct genus of
Middle Permian.[1] The largest varanopid known at the time of its description, with a skull length of 17.5 centimetres (6.9 in),[2] it was closely related to and lived alongside its much larger relative Watongia.[3] The two may represent growth stages of a single animal.[4]
See also
Palaeontology portal
References
- ISSN 1777-5817.
- ^ Olson, E.C. (1965). "New Permian vertebrates from the Chickasha Formation in Oklahoma" (PDF). Circular Oklahoma Geological Survey. 70: 1–70.
- doi:10.1139/e04-016.
- JSTOR 4524646.