Species Classification: ‭ ‬Mycterosaurinae.

In Depth        Mesenosaurus is a genus of varanopid pelycosaur that lived in Russia during the Permian. Further Reading -‭ ‬Some new Permian reptiles of the USSR.‭ ‬-Academy of Sciences URSS,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬R.,‭ ‬19:‭ ‬121-126.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1938. -‭ ‬The skull of Mesenosaurus romeri,‭ ‬a small varanopseid‭ (‬Synapsida:‭ ‬Eupelycosauria‭) ‬from the Upper Permian of the … Read more

In Depth        Originally thought to be a diapsid reptile,‭ ‬Heleosaurus was later realised to be a varanopid pelycosaur. Heleosaurus would have been a predator of other small animals. Further Reading -‭ ‬On Some New Fossil Reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Victoria West,‭ ‬South Africa.‭ ‬Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society‭ ‬18:31-42-‭ ‬Robert Broom‭ … Read more