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Fossil remains of the giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa
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- Fossil remains of the giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa
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The pelvic bone of the extinct giant iguana is pictured here with the much smaller pelvic bone from a still-living iguana species. The giant iguana’s remains were found in sediments on the main Fijian island of Viti Levu. This iguana would have measured around half a metre from the tip of its snout to its vent. It is thought that it became extinct shortly after human arrival in Fiji – around 3,000 years ago.
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- 4 March 2009
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- Jim Palmer and T. H. Worthy
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