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Palaeovaranus

Reptilia - Palaeovaranidae

Taxonomy
Palaeovaranus was named by Zittel (1887). Its type is Palaeovaranus cayluxi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Necrosaurus by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Palaeovaranidae by Georgalis et al. (2021) and Smith and Habersetzer (2021).

Species
P. cayluxi (type species), P. lismonimenos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Palaeovaranus Zittel
2021Palaeovaranus Georgalis et al.
2021Palaeovaranus Smith and Habersetzer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
familyPalaeovaranidaeGeorgalis 2017
genusPalaeovaranusZittel 1887

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Palaeovaranus Zittel 1887
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†Palaeovaranus cayluxi Zittel 1887
†Palaeovaranus lismonimenos Georgalis et al. 2021
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. L. Georgalis et al. 20211) Presence of a distinctly developed nasal crest on the dorsomedial surface of the nasal process of maxilla; and 2) the dorsolateral crests on the dorsal surface of the parietal meet- ing in the median plane to form a median crest in adult specimens.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) P. sp., P. cayluxi, P. lismonimenos (179194)