| Aerosaurus Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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| A restoration of Aerosaurus wellesi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | Varnopinae |
| Genus: | †Aerosaurus Romer, 1937 |
| Species: | A. greenleeorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Aerosaurus greenleeorum Romer, 1937 | |
Aerosaurus (meaning "copper lizard") is an extinct genus of varanopid possible synapsid that lived in northern New Mexico during the Early Permian period around 299-252 million years ago[1].