Megalania

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phylum Chordata The megalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) was a very large goanna or monitor lizard, now extinct. It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene. It seems to have disappeared between 30,000[3] to 40,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered living megalanias.

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clade Diapsida
order Squamata
family Varanidae
genus Megalania
species M. prisca