Watongia

Watongia is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from Middle Permian of Oklahoma. Only one species has been described, Watongia meieri, from the Chickasha Formation.^[1] It was assigned to family Gorgonopsidae by Olson^[1] and to Eotitanosuchia by Carroll.^[2] Reisz and collaborators assigned the genus in Varanopidae. Based on comparisons of its vertebrae with other varanopids, it was the largest varanopid with a body length of approximately 2 metres (6 ft 7 in).^[3] It was a contemporary of its closest relative, the much smaller Varanodon; the two may possibly represent growth stages of a single animal.^[4]

Watongia Temporal range: Middle Permian
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Family:	†Varanopidae
Subfamily:	†Varanopinae
Genus:	†Watongia Olson, 1974
Type species
†Watongia meieri Olson, 1974

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of pelycosaurs