Jávorka Sándor - Soós Lajos (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 29. (Budapest 1935)

Fejérváry, G. J.: Further contributions to a monograph of the Megalanidae and fossil Varanidae - with notes on recent Varanians

„some details of the outer form remained still" obscure.

21 The material subject to Mr. DE JONG'S description consists in a male specimen which died, on Dec. 3rd, 1927, in the Amsterdam Zoo. Finally, in a Hungarian periodical for Natural Sciences, bearing the title „Természettudományi Közlöny" (59, Budapest, 1927, p. 283—285), the writer of the present paper reported on Messrs D. BURDEN'S and K. J. DE JONG'S publications just referred to, pointing out the fact that no Varanian known up to now possesses a bony dermal armour, and proposing, on account of this character, to establish a new genus for the Komodo form, named by him, with especial reference to the dermal bone plates occurring in it, Placovaranus. It is interesting to observe that, as far as I am informed, Mr. D. BURDEN was the first, and, up to the appearance of my brief Hungarian note (Mit tudunk a komodói óriásgyíkról?, in 1. e.) quoted above, the unique author wo payed and drew attention to the Komodo Lizard's bearing an exoskeleton, a fact even Miss NELLY DE ROOJ omitted to mention in her valuable work. Part II: Criticism, additional notes and new descriptions. Chapter 1 : f Progonosaurus PORTIS, 1890 There remains no doubt, anymore, about the correctness of author's statement published in 1918 that the respective Valdarno Reptile is to be altogether secluded from the relationship of the) Varanidae, Progonosaurus not even entering into the frames of the Order Lacertilia. This form might be, provisionally, referred to some Pleurodiran Chelonian, presumably to a form akin to Pliochelys. Chapter 2: -j- Notiosaurus OWEN, 1884.-'The Lacertilian remains described under this name positively proved to belong to Megalania, Mr. R. ETHERIDGE Jr's respective statements offering full evidence with regard to this question, and definitively confirming the correctness of the writer's view emitted, in 1918, on the subject, according to which „tlie dentary-íragment from" Cuddie Springs, .,New-South-Wales, described" „under the name of Notiosaurus dentatus" ..undoubtedly must be regarded as a fragment of Megalania prisca, the denomination Notiosaurus dentatus being thus a synonyme".

23 The same statement has been repeated 21 Cfr. DE JONG, op. cit. p. 590, & N. DE ROOJ, op. cit. p. 151. 22 In my Monograph this date is erroneously (p. 446, 450) cited as 1885. 23 FEJÉRVÁRY, op. cit. p. 446. (Cfr. also p. 447—448).