Anningia

Anningia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Family:	†Varanopidae
Subfamily:	†Mesenosaurinae
Genus:	†Anningia
Species:	†A. megalops
Binomial name
	†Anningia megalops; Broom, 1927

Anningia is an extinct genus in Varanopidae, a family of monitor lizard-like amniotes. It contains a single species, Anningia megalops.^[1]

The species was first described by Robert Broom in 1927 as a transitional species between early synapsids and later occurring therapsids.^[2] While it was later suggested that the fossil material, a partial poorly preserved skull, was not diagnosable and that the species name is nomen vanum.^[3] It was assigned to Varanopidae (subfamily Mesenosaurinae) in 2018.^[4] The fossil is from the Permian of South Africa.

References

^ "Anningia megalops Broom 1927". Paleobiology Database.
^ Broom, R. (April 1927). "On a New Type of Mammal-like Reptile from the South African Karroo Beds Anningia megalops". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 97 (1): 227–232. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02256.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
^ Reisz, RR; Dilkes, DW (1992). "The taxonomic position of Anningia megalops, a small amniote from the Permian of South Africa". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 29 (7): 1605–1608. doi:10.1139/e92-126.
^ Spindler, F.; Werneburg, R.; Schneider, J. W.; Luthardt, L.; Annacker, V.; Rößler, R. (2018). "First arboreal 'pelycosaurs' (Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogeny". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 92 (2): 315–364. doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0405-9. S2CID 133846070.

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[1] "Anningia megalops Broom 1927". Paleobiology Database.

[2] Broom, R. (April 1927). "On a New Type of Mammal-like Reptile from the South African Karroo Beds Anningia megalops". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 97 (1): 227–232. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02256.x. ISSN 0370-2774.

[3] Reisz, RR; Dilkes, DW (1992). "The taxonomic position of Anningia megalops, a small amniote from the Permian of South Africa". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 29 (7): 1605–1608. doi:10.1139/e92-126.

[4] Spindler, F.; Werneburg, R.; Schneider, J. W.; Luthardt, L.; Annacker, V.; Rößler, R. (2018). "First arboreal 'pelycosaurs' (Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogeny". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 92 (2): 315–364. doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0405-9. S2CID 133846070.

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