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Ascendonanus (meaning "climbing dwarf") is an extinct genus of possible varanopid amniote from the Early Permian of Germany. It is one of the earliest specialized arboreal (tree-living) tetrapods currently known and outwardly resembled a small lizard. The animal was about 40 cm long, with strongly curved claws, short limbs, a slender, elongated trunk, and a long tail. It would have preyed on insects and other small arthropods.

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Ascendonanus é um gênero da extinta família dos sinapsídeos Varanopidae. Seus representantes relativamente pequenos, semelhantes a lagartos, viveram no início do Permiano há cerca de 290 milhões de anos na atual Europa Central. A única espécie descrita até agora é Ascendonanus nestleri proveniente da Floresta Petrificada de Chemnitz.

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