Biology:Varanus sivalensis
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Short description: Extinct species of large lizard from India
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Species: | †V. sivalensis
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| †Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1858
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Varanus sivalensis is an extinct species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the late Pleistocene.[1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo dragon.
References
- ↑ 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). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. PMID 19789642. PMC 2748693. Bibcode: 2009PLoSO...4.7241H. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26856417.
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Wikidata ☰ Q21356325 entry
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