Varanus sivalensis
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| Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene, | |
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| Humerus and Dorsal Vertebrae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Species: | †V. sivalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1858 | |
Varanus sivalensis is an extinct species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the late Pleistocene.[1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo dragon.
