Varanus sivalensis
| Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene,
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| Humerus and Dorsal Vertebrae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Species: | †V. sivalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1858
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Varanus sivalensis is an extinct species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the late Pleistocene. As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo dragon.