Saniwides Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984 (monitor lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Varanidae

Parent taxon: Varanidae according to L. M. Clos 1995

See also Alifanov 1993, Alifanov 2000, Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Archaeovaranus, Cherminotus, Lanthanotus, Megalaninae, Telmasaurus, Varaninae, Varanus

Subtaxa: Saniwides mongoliensis

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Type: Saniwides mongoliensis

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khulsan (general) [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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