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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041767 |