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

The species was first described by Robert Broom in 1927 as a transitional species between early synapsids and later occurring therapsids. 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. It was assigned to Varanopidae (subfamily Mesenosaurinae) in 2018. The fossil is from the Permian of South Africa.

References

1. "Anningia megalops Broom 1927". Paleobiology Database.
2. Broom, R. (April 1927). "On a New Type of Mammal-like Reptile from the South African Karroo Beds Anningia megalops". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 97 (1): 227–232. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02256.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
3. Reisz, RR; Dilkes, DW (1992). "The taxonomic position of Anningia megalops, a small amniote from the Permian of South Africa". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 29 (7): 1605–1608. doi:10.1139/e92-126.
4. Spindler, F.; Werneburg, R.; Schneider, J. W.; Luthardt, L.; Annacker, V.; Rößler, R. (2018). "First arboreal 'pelycosaurs' (Synapsida: Varanopidae) from the early Permian Chemnitz Fossil Lagerstätte, SE Germany, with a review of varanopid phylogeny". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 92 (2): 315–364. doi:10.1007/s12542-018-0405-9. S2CID 133846070.

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