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Megalaninae (disused)

Reptilia - Varanidae

Taxonomy
Megalaninae was named by Camp (1923).

It was synonymized subjectively with Varanidae by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Varanidae by Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Megalaninae Camp p. 186
1966Megalaninae Kuhn p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyVaranidaeHardwicke and Gray 1824
subfamilyMegalaninaeCamp 1923
subfamilyMegalaninaeCamp 1923

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.

Subfm. †Megalaninae Camp 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available