Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus bennetti

Name

Holotype: USNM 507504, adult ♀, collected by R. Crombie, on 31 July 1996.
Type locality: south of Ngaramasch village, Ngeaur Island, Palau.
Paratypes: (n = 28)
    • USNM 14125, 521719, Ngeaur Island, Palau.
    • USNM 95369–70, Palau.
    • USNM 212494, Sarigan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island
    • USNM 122560, Losiep Island, Federated States of Micronesia.
    • AMNH 00624–25, BMNH 98.5.27.1, SMF 32808–09, USNM 130186, ZMB 17520–22, 7619, ZMH R-4727, Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia.
    • AMNH 70652–53, Koror Island, Palau.
    • USNM 495369, Ngcheangel Atoll, Palau.


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