The last ‘pelycosaur’: a varanopid synapsis from the Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone, Middle Permian of South Africa

This week we are recognizing a second paper from the M.Sc. thesis of Nicolás Campione, a former Biology student co-supervised by Prof. Robert Reisz.

Nicolás' co-authored paper was recently published in Naturwissenschaften. This paper describes new varanopids, which were small carnivores with a cosmopolitan distribution and wickedly sharp teeth. Their research describes the youngest known varanopid from the Southern Hemisphere and the youngest pelycosaur ever described.

Congratulations on this exciting discovery!

Read this paper