Varanoidea is a superfamily of lizards, including the well-known family Varanidae (the monitors and goannas). Also included in the Varanoidea are the...
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Anguimorpha. Within that group placement varied, from placing mosasaurs within Varanoidea or its sister taxa, or as true monitor lizards within Varanidae. These...
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(represented today by shinisaurids) and Goannasauria (represented today by Varanoidea which includes the families Lanthanotidae and Varanidae). Morphological...
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The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea and order Anguimorpha. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards,...
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have shown that the extant Heloderma is closer to Anguidae & kin than to Varanoidea. A large-scale integrated analysis on squamate phylogeny incorporating...
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together with Helodermatidae and Varanidae (true monitor lizards) in Varanoidea. More recent genetic evidence has found that the nearest relative of the...
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this, finding that the closest relatives of mosasaurs are members of Varanoidea. Polyglyphanodontia, a group of extinct herbivorous lizards known from...
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the Dentary in Helodermatidae, and Comments on Dentary Morphology in Varanoidea". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (2): 286–302. doi:10.1670/07-185.1. S2CID 85817947...
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lizards) Family Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards) Infraorder Platynota (Varanoidea) Family Varanidae (monitor lizards) Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor...
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Ast, Jennifer C. (2001). "Mitochondrial DNA evidence and evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata)" (PDF). Cladistics. 17 (3): 211–226. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031...
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