Varanops is a varanopside from the early Permian of the United States . Length 1.2 m.
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 Varanops brevirostris | ||||||||||||||
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| Varanops brevirostris |
Perhaps he was similar in appearance and behavior to modern monitor lizards .
In 2006, the discovery of the remains of a varanops with bite marks was reported. It is assumed that the corpse was eaten by a scavenger, and then the skeleton was fossilized. The shape of the bites suggests that the scavenger was supposed to be a large dark spondylus . This is the oldest evidence of carrion feeding among land animals. .