Palaeovaranidae

Palaeovaranidae; Temporal range: Paleocene–Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Palaeovaranus cayluxensis (top) and Paranecrosaurus feisti (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Superfamily:	Varanoidea
Family:	†Palaeovaranidae; Georgalis, 2017
Genera
	Eosaniwa Haubold, 1977; Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887; Paranecrosaurus Smith & Habersetzer, 2021;
Synonyms
	Necrosauridae Hoffstetter, 1943

Palaeovaranidae, formerly known as Necrosauridae, is an extinct clade of anguimorph lizards known from the Paleogene of Europe. They have sometimes been recovered as members of Varanoidea. It contains three genera.^[1]^[2]

Genera

Eosaniwa Haubold, 1977 Geiseltal, Germany, Eocene
Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887 (Formerly Necrosaurus) Messel Pit, Germany, Quercy Phosphorites Formation, France, Eocene
Paranecrosaurus Smith & Habersetzer, 2021 (Formerly "Saniwa" feisti) Messel Pit, Germany, Eocene

References

^ Smith, Krister T.; Habersetzer, Jörg (2021-06-09). "The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and autecology of the carnivorous lizard "Saniwa" feisti Stritzke, 1983 from the Eocene of Messel, Germany". Comptes Rendus Palevol (23). doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a23. ISSN 1777-571X.
^ Georgalis, Georgios L. (October 2017). "Necrosaurus or Palaeovaranus ? Appropriate nomenclature and taxonomic content of an enigmatic fossil lizard clade (Squamata)". Annales de Paléontologie. 103 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2017.10.001.

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[1] Smith, Krister T.; Habersetzer, Jörg (2021-06-09). "The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and autecology of the carnivorous lizard "Saniwa" feisti Stritzke, 1983 from the Eocene of Messel, Germany". Comptes Rendus Palevol (23). doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a23. ISSN 1777-571X.

[2] Georgalis, Georgios L. (October 2017). "Necrosaurus or Palaeovaranus ? Appropriate nomenclature and taxonomic content of an enigmatic fossil lizard clade (Squamata)". Annales de Paléontologie. 103 (4): 293–303. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2017.10.001.

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