Amniota - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Belongs to Elliotsmithia according to S. P. Modesto et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TM 1483, a partial skeleton (skull and mandibles with most of the antorbital region missing, incl. partial hyoid apparatus, cervical vertebrae, ribs fragments and osteoderms). Its type locality is Abrahamskraal Locality, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

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