-
group Platynota, the
varanoids first appear in the
fossil record in the
latter part of
Early Cretaceous, but
possible varanoid ancestors have been traced...
- the
closet living relative to
varanoids.
Pythonomorphs represented by
snakes today are not
closely related to
varanoids and are
instead a
sister lineage...
- (2012)
suggested that
mosasaurs are more
primitive than
either snakes or
varanoids. A
combined morphological and
molecular analysis by Reeder, et al., (2015)...
-
Morphological studies in the past had
classified helodermatids with the
varanoids in the
clade Platynota,
while the
Chinese crocodile lizard was classified...
- of the Cretaceous,
including the
appeance of
groups like
iguanians and
varanoids, and true snakes. Polyglyphanodontia, an
extinct clade of lizards, and...
- xenosaurid;
current molecular work has
shown evidence the
species related to
varanoids in the
clade Paleoanguimorpha.
Below is the
phylogeny of the neoanguimorph...
-
Varanoid Lizards of the World.
Indiana University Press. ISBNÂ 978-0-253-34366-6. Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis; King, Ruth
Allen (2004).
Varanoid Lizards...
-
Retrieved 23
March 2012. Ciofi,
Claudio (2004). "Var**** komodoensis".
Varanoid Lizards of the World.
Bloomington & Indianapolis:
Indiana University Press...
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Skull anatomy of Var****
komodoensis (4th row on the right)
compared with
other varanoids...
-
Early Cretaceous.
Dolichosauridae is a
family of Late
Cretaceous aquatic varanoid lizards closely related to the mosasaurs. The
position of the
lizards and...
