Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887

Georgalis, Georgios L., Čerňanský, Andrej & Klembara, Jozef, 2021, Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material, Geodiversitas 43 (9), pp. 219-293 : 251

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a9
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scientific name	Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887
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Genus Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887 -1890

TYPE SPECIES. — Palaeovaranus cayluxi Zittel, 1887 -1890 (type species by subsequent designation; Georgalis 2017) .

EMENDED GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. — 1) Presence of a distinctly developed nasal crest on the dorsomedial surface of the nasal process of maxilla; and 2) the dorsolateral crests on the dorsal surface of the parietal meeting in the median plane to form a median crest in adult specimens.