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<heading box="[232,480,1164,1186]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" reason="4">(figs. 54E, 55E, 56D)</heading>
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DIAGNOSIS: The species of
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included in this study form a clade diagnosed as primitively possessing the following synapomorphies: 1(2) elongate antorbital snout, 12(2) nasal process of premaxilla narrowest mediolaterally, 17(1) presence of a premaxilla-maxilla aperture, 69(1) presence of a frontal-palatine contact, 74(1) presence of frontal tabs on the parietal dorsally, 118(2) absence of pterygoid teeth, and 243(2) fusion of the cervical intercentra to the posterior part of the preceding centrum.
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COMMENTS: Extant
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(e.g., fig. 49) are extremely diverse morphologically and ecologically (
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;
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;
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; Ast, 2001, 2002;
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) and numerous monophyletic groups have been identified in separate morphological and molecular studies with a fair degree of consistency (
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; Ast, 2001, 2002;
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). Although these clades are often considered subgenera, they are typically geographically and morphologically distinct and could be considered relatively speciose genera of their own. Although this issue is not further addressed here, it is a topic deserving more attention.
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The current analysis is the first to analyze the relative phylogenetic positions of
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and
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with respect to numerous extant species. Both are within the extant
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radiation.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Varanus rusingensis</emphasis>
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is nested within a basal clade of
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.
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<emphasis box="[799,921,626,649]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Megalania</emphasis>
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(hereafter referred to as
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<emphasis box="[824,1020,657,678]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Varanus priscum</emphasis>
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) is actually a species of
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(as the name is applied here) and deeply nested within that clade. In this analysis,
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is suggested to form a clade with
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<emphasis box="[919,1072,774,797]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">V. salvadorii</emphasis>
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, with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">V. komodoensis</emphasis>
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(fig. 49A) as the sister-taxon to that clade.
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The phylogenetic positions of the major
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clades will be further analyzed using morphology and incorporating more complete taxon sampling elsewhere.
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