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Taxonomy
Megalania prisca was named by Owen (1859) [two additional dorsal vertebrae (BMNH 32908a and b) are paralectotypes]. Its type specimen is BMNH 32908c, a set of vertebrae (dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Varanus prisca by Head et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Varanus prisca by Head et al. (2009).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1859 | Megalania prisca Owen |
1884 | Notiosaurus dentatus Owen |
1888 | Varanus priscus Lydekker p. 284 |
1889 | Varanus dirus de Vis p. 98 |
1899 | Varanus warburtonensis Zeitz p. 210 |
1934 | Megalania prisca Swinton p. 17 |
2009 | Varanus prisca Head et al. p. 446 |
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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.
†Varanus prisca Owen 1859
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Invalid names: Notiosaurus dentatus Owen 1884 [synonym], Varanus dirus de Vis 1889 [synonym], Varanus warburtonensis Zeitz 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Pianka and Vitt 2003 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Varanus dirus (13318) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Megalania prisca (138403) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Megalania prisca (183080) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Megalania prisca (194846) Varanus dirus (28422) Varanus priscus (210195 210197 210198 210199) |