Varanus sivalensis

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Varanus sivalensis
Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene, 5.3–0.04  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Species:
V. sivalensis
Binomial name
Varanus sivalensis
Falconer, 1858

Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon,[ citation needed ] is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene. [1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo Dragon.

References

  1. 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.