Varanus priscus Escala:1:20 Snout-tail length 300 mm

Snout-tail length 300 mm

lo que ha permitido un análisis anatómico detallado de su morfología

tooth marks

hace aproximadamente entre 70 y 66 millones de años

Width 69 mm

Varanus priscus Escala:1:20 Snout-tail length 300 mmVaranus priscus, traditionally known as Megalania, was the largest known terrestrial lizard and one of the most formidable predators of Australias Pleistocene megafauna. Although the name Megalania prisca was used for many years, modern taxonomic revisions generally place the species within the genus Varanus, the same group that includes living monitor lizards such as the Komodo dragon and the Australian perentie. The specific name priscus refers to