Palaeovaranus Zittel 1887 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeovaranidae

Parent taxon: Palaeovaranidae according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021

See also Kuhn 1966, McDowell and Bogert 1954 and Smith and Habersetzer 2021

Sister taxa: Eosaniwa, Paranecrosaurus

Subtaxa: Palaeovaranus cayluxi Palaeovaranus lismonimenos

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Type: Palaeovaranus cayluxi

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data) (Eocene to Miocene of France)

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