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Quercy (from strata of the upper Eocene to the lower Miocene) which he 
determines as belonging to Palaeovaranus, defining the Quercy species under 
the name of P.Cayluxi. (Rech. sur les Phosph. du Quercy. Études des foss. 
qu’on y rencontre et spéc. des Marnmif., Paris). This Y a r a n i d together 
with the before mentioned « V arcanus ? margariliceps Gerv.» is classed by 
Lydekker (op. eft.) with Placosaurus Gerv. (p. 279). In opposition 
to this, Zittel ih the III d volume (p. 609) of his extensive «Palaeozoologieb 
regards Palaeovaranus as constituing a. special Vara no id genus, of 
which he mentions P. Oayluxi File, as the only representative. In 1903 
Gius, de Stefano in his treatise «I Sauri del Quercy appartenenti alla 
Collezione Rossignol» 1 2 (p. 404) very rightly refers to the diversity 
between Placosaurus GerV. and Palaeovaranus Filh., observing that the 
head and body of PlacosaUfus is Covered with dermal ossifications, whilst 
Palaeovaranus presents decided Yàlanoid characters, and consequently no 
dermal ossifications. In 1888 Weithofer describes in his «Beitr. z. Kennt, 
d. Fauna v. Pikermi» (Beitr. z. Pal. u. Geol. Qst.-Ung. u. d. Orients, Wien 
u. Leipzig, Bd. VI, p. 291) some cranial remains of a VaranUs originating 
from Pikermi identifying these under the name of Varanus marathonensis 
with the M o h i t o r vertebra described by Gaudry in his mentioned 
work on the fossil Fauna and Geology of Attica. Toposa overlooking 
Weithofer’s publication proposes in 1908 (op. cit.) for the Monitor - 
vertebra described and figured by Gaudry, the name of « Varanus afticus » 
which must be thus regarded as a synonym. 
Hofmann 2 in 1889, mentions rests of lizards from the Göriach 
fossil fauna (Eliccene) yet notifying his uncertainty as to their systematic 
position; Nopcsa, in his above cited paper, refers to these as « Varanus sp.». 
In 1891 Mr. N. Morelli describes the fragment of a Varanus-dentary, 
found with bones of other animals beside the Hearth of the Diluvial 
Man, in the Cave of the Arene Candide (Italy). 3 In 1898 Roger 
describes in the II d part of his «Wirbelthierreste a. d. Dinotherien- 
sande d. bayerisch-schwäb. Hochgeb.» 4 (p. 386—388.) a species of the 
name of Varanus Hof manni, belonging to the genus Varanus, and in 1900 
he also publishes photographs of three vertebrae of the same ; 5 6 this species 
is from the lower Miocene («Dinotheriensand») of Stätzling. In 
1 Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. e Mus. Civ. Milano, Vol. XLII, p. 383-418, Tav. IX-X. 
2 Abh. k. k. gëol. Reichsanst. Wien, Bd. XV, p. 83. 
3 Resti organ, rinven. nella caverna delle Arene Candide, Atti Soc. Ligustica Se. 
Nat. e Geogr., Vol. II, Genova, p. 172. 
4 Dreiunddreissigster Ber. d. Naturtv. Ver. f. Schwaben u. Neuburg (á. V.), früher 
Naturhist, Ver. in Augsburg, Augsbg. p. 385 — 396. 
6 Vierunddreissigster Éer. etc., Augsburg, p. 68 & Tafel III, Fig. 12 — 14. 
