Reptilia - Squamata - Varanidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38044
Synonyms: Iberovaranus Hoffstetter 1969 (no. 38037), Megalania Owen 1859 (no. 38038), Notiosaurus Owen 1884 (no. 267211)
Parent taxon: Varanidae according to A. Villa et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Cherminotus, Lanthanotus, Megalaninae, Saniwides, Telmasaurus, Varaninae
Subtaxa: Iberovaranus catalaunicus, Varanus (Varaneades), Varanus acanthurus, Varanus albigularis, Varanus baritji, Varanus beccarii, Varanus bengalensis, Varanus bogerti, Varanus brevicauda, Varanus caudolineatus, Varanus doreanus, Varanus dumerili, Varanus eremius, Varanus exanthematicus, Varanus gilleni, Varanus griseus, Varanus hoffmanni, Varanus komodoensis, Varanus marathonensis, Varanus mokrensis, Varanus niloticus, Varanus olivaceus, Varanus prasinus, Varanus prisca, Varanus rusingensis, Varanus salvadorii, Varanus salvator, Varanus semiremex, Varanus tristis, Varanus varius
Ecology: scansorial carnivore