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Varanus (Iberovaranus)
Varanus

Additional Functions

Grouping

Belong­ing to

 Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Serie: Amniota  ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida  ⇒ Infraklasse: Eureptilia  ⇒ ohne Rang: Romeriida  ⇒ Unterklasse: Diapsida  ⇒ Klade: Eosuchia  ⇒ Klade: Neodiapsida  ⇒ Klade: Sauria (Klade)  ⇒ ohne Rang: Lepidosauromorpha  ⇒ Superordnung: Lepidosauria  ⇒ Ordnung: Squamata  ⇒ ohne Rang: Scleroglossa  ⇒ Unterordnung: Anguimorpha  ⇒ ohne Rang: Anguiformes  ⇒ Überfamilie: Varanoidea  ⇒ Familie: Varanidae

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Gattung

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Merrem, 1820

Other languages

scientific

Varanus

Alternative Name

scientific

Iberovaranus

Hoffstetter, 1969
Ref.: R. Hoffstetter. 1969. Présence de Varanidae (Reptilia, Sauria) dans le Miocène de Catalogne. Considérations sur l’histoire de la famille. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 40:1051-1064

scientific

Megalania

Owen, 1859
Ref.: R. Owen. 1859. Description of some Remains of a Gigantic Land-Lizard (Megalania prisca, OWEN) from A4ustral. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 149:43-48

scientific

Notiosaurus

Owen, 1884
Ref.: J. J. Head, P. M. Barrett, and E. J. Rayfield. 2009. Neurocranial osteology and systematic relationships of Varanus (Megalania) prisca Owen, 1859 (Squamata: Varanidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society of London 155:445-457

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 15.97 Ma - End age: 0 Ma
0
0.0117
1.806
5.332
15.97
Meghalayan
Northgrippian
Greenlandian
Upper Pleistocene
Ionian
Calabrian
Gelasian
Piacenzian
Zanclean
Messinian
Tortonian
Serravallian
Langhian
Holocene
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Quaternary
Neogene

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

Motility: actively mobile
Environment: terrestrial
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 9)

Taxonomic assignment (30)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • A. Villa, 2018 - Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards - PLoS ONE (13), 1-46 (journal article, English)
  • M. Ivanov, 2018 - A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology - Journal of Systematic Paleontology (16), 767-797 (journal article, English)
  • D. Tyborowski, 2016 - A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic of Owadów-Brzezinki Quarry, Poland - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (61), 791-803 (journal article, English)
  • M. Delfino, 2013 - Early Miocene dispersal of the lizard Varanus into Europe: Reassessment of vertebral material from Spain - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (58), 731-735 (journal article, English)
  • J. L. Conrad, 2012 - Earliest Example of a Giant Monitor Lizard (Varanus, Varanidae, Squamata) - PLoS ONE (7), e4176- (journal article, English)
  • J. J. Head, 2009 - Neurocranial osteology and systematic relationships of Varanus (Megalania) prisca Owen, 1859 (Squamata: Varanidae) - Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society of London (155), 445-4- (journal article, English)
  • N. Frank, 1996 - A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World - (), 1-377 (book, English)
  • L. M. Clos, 1995 - A new species of Varanus (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Miocene of Kenya - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (15), 254-267 (journal article, English)
  • J. C. Rage, 1993 - Squamates from the Cainozoic of the western part of Europe. A review - Revue de Paleobiologie (7), 199-216 (journal article, English)
  • R. L. Carroll, 1988 - - Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (), 1-698 (compendium, English)
  • E. P. Tonni, 1977 - Un furnárido (Aves, Passeriformes) del Pleistoceno medio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires - Publicaciones del Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata Lorenzo Scaglia (2), 141-147 (journal article, English)
  • R. Hoffstetter, 1969 - Présence de Varanidae (Reptilia, Sauria) dans le Miocène de Catalogne. Considérations sur l’histoire de la famille - Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (40), 1051-1064 (journal article, French)
  • L. D. Brongersma, 1958 - On an extinct species of the genus Varanus (Reptilia, Sauria) from the Island of Flores - Zoologische Mededelingen (36), 113-125 (journal article, English)
  • F. Nopcsa, 1908 - Zur Kenntnis der fossilen Eidechsen - Beitrage zur Palaontologie und Geologie Osterreich-ungarns und des Orients (21), 33-62 (journal article, German)
  • A. Weithofer, 1888 - Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fauna von Pikermi bei Athen - Beitr Paläontol Geol Österr-Ung Orients (6), 255-292 (journal article, German)
  • R. Owen, 1859 - Description of some Remains of a Gigantic Land-Lizard (Megalania prisca, OWEN) from A4ustral - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (149), 43-48 (journal article, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 17dfxGva_kS49q6IvJvR6w
GUID (Global unique identifier) C45FB7D7-DA6B-44FE-B8F6-AE88BC9BD1EB
Database ID 56991