| Anningia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mesenosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Anningia |
| Species: |
†A. megalops
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| 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 PermianofSouth Africa.
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