How about some love for the less charismatic permian denizens?
Perhaps some varanopids, as the man of the monitors i am...
Varanopidae
An extinct family of Synapsid reptiles from the Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian. There is disagreement over whether they are more closely related to mammals or to other more reptilian synapsids. They are somewhat similar looking in appearance to Monitor Lizards, family Varanidae.
Varanodon agilis
Found in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma, USA, which dates to the Roadian stage of the Middle Permian. This could be an early growth stage of the much larger Watongia, and not in fact a separate and distinct species.
illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov
Watangia meieri
Found in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma, USA, which dates to the Roadian stage of the Middle Permian. This could be an later growth stage of the much smaller Varanodon.
illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov
Varanops brevirostris
From the Early Permian of Texas and Oklahoma, USA.
illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov
Elliotsmithia longiceps
Fromin the late Middle Permian of South Africa. The only Varanopid known from Africa. Named for the anatomist Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, and not the singer Elliiott Smith.
illustration by Seismic Shrimp
