cutting premolars and crushing molars

Utilizaba sus mandíbulas fuertes y dientes afilados para desgarrar la carne de sus presas

con una longitud que podía superar los 17 metros

and greatly reduced but muscular forelimbs with two functional digits equipped with curved claws

The teeth were in the form of a dental battery in its jaws

Varanus priscus Prenocephale cutting premolars and crushing molarsVaranus priscus, traditionally known as Megalania, was the largest known terrestrial lizard and one of the most formidable predators of Australias Pleistocene megafauna. Although the name Megalania prisca was used for many years, modern taxonomic revisions generally place the species within the genus Varanus, the same group that includes living monitor lizards such as the Komodo dragon and the Australian perentie. The specific name priscus refers to