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== Reference == |
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Revision as of 14:59, 26 April 2024
Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pleistocene,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Species: | †V. sivalensis
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†Varanus sivalensis Owen, 1859
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Varanus sivalensis also known as the Indian monitor, Indian Dragon and the mainland Komodo dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene.[1]
Reference
- ^ Hocknull, Scott; Piper, Philip; Van den Bergh, Gert; Due, Rokus; Morwood, Michael; Kurniawan, Iwan (2009). "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (9): e7241. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.7241H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. PMC 2748693. PMID 19789642.