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Earliest Example of a Giant Monitor Lizard (Varanus, Varanidae, Squamata)

BACKGROUND: Varanidae is a clade of tiny (<20 mm pre-caudal length [PCL]) to giant (>600 mm PCL) lizards first appearing in the Cretaceous. True monitor lizards (Varanus) are known from diagnostic remains beginning in the early Miocene (Varanus rusingensis), although extremely fragmentary rema...

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Main Authors: Conrad, Jack L., Balcarcel, Ana M., Mehling, Carl M.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416840/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900001
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041767
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