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English: Original figure caption: “Holotype (AMNH FR 30630) skull elements for Varanus (Varaneades) amnhophilis nov. taxon. Fragmentary right postorbital (A) and squamosal (B) in lateral view. (C) Right quadrate in lateral view. (D) Fragmentary palatine in ventral view. Right pterygoid in lateral (E) and ventral (F) view. Note the absence of pterygoid teeth. Right side of the braincase (parabasisphenoid, prootic, basioccipital, and otooccipital) in lateral view (G) and medial view (H). (I) Otic region of the braincase in ventral view showing the base of the crista interfenestralis and single opening to the facial foramen. (J) Reconstruction of the braincase in right lateral view with reconstructed areas appearing as semi-opaque shadows. (K) Partial right surangular-prearticular/articular complex in lateral view. (L) Partial right coronoid in lateral view. (M) Reconstruction of the cranium and mandible in right lateral view with reconstructed areas appearing as semi-opaque shadows. All scale bars 10 mm, except in (I) wherein the scale bar is 5 mm. Abbreviations: apoc, paroccipital tuberosity; acpr, anterostapedial process of the prootic crest; bpt, basipterygoid process; bptb, basipterygoid buttress; colf, columellar fossa; cpr, prootic crest (crista prootica); cri, crista interfenestralis; fec, ectopterygoid facet; fo, fenestra ovalis; fsq, squamosal facet (on postorbital); ipr, inferior process; pbs, parabasisphenoid; pcr, posterior crest; ped, hypapophyseal pedicel; poc, otooccipital paroccipital process; prp, prootic paroccipital process; poz, postzygapophysis; pvc, posterior opening of the vidian canal; qpr, quadrate process; sot, spheno-occipital tubercle; syn, synapophysis; tcr, tympanic crest; tpr, transverse process; I–XII, cranial nerves.
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Source Earliest Example of a Giant Monitor Lizard (Varanus, Varanidae, Squamata). PLoS ONE 7(8): e41767, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041767, fig. 2 therein
Author Jack L. Conrad, Ana M. Balcarcel, Carl M. Mehling

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