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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    (represented today by shinisaurids) and Goannasauria (represented today by Varanoidea which includes the families Lanthanotidae and Varanidae). Morphological...
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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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    Paleogene of Europe. They have sometimes been recovered as members of Varanoidea. It contains three genera. Eosaniwa Haubold, 1977 Geiseltal, Germany,...
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    1071/ZO05038. Ast, J. (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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    of iguanian and anguimorph lizard genitalia (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae; Varanoidea, Shinisauridae, Xenosauridae, Anguidae) and their phylogenetic significance:...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    et al., 1988 (using morphological data) places Helodermatidae within Varanoidea along with Lanthanotus borneensis and Varanus. However, Estes et al.,...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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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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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    use still varies, as it is sometimes considered equivalent to the group Varanoidea and other times viewed as a distinct group. It is phylogenetically defined...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    Shinisauria Shinisauridae Ahl 1930 sensu Conrad 2006 Varanoidea...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    v t e Varanoidea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata...
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    Varanoidea Pythonomorpha...
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    phylogenetic analysis, Telmasaurus was placed in a more basal position within Varanoidea. Under this placement, it was an intermediate form between helodermatids...
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