• Source: Lapitiguana

Lapitiguana impensa is an extinct giant (1.5 m long) iguanid from Fiji. It probably became extinct following the human colonization of Fiji 3000 years ago.
All extant Fijian iguanas are in the genus Brachylophus, together with an extinct species from Tonga. The closest living relatives of the Polynesian iguanas are found in the Americas.




See also


Brachylophus gibbonsi
Pumilia novaceki




References






External links


Fossil remains of the giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa
Lapitiguana impensa; holotype

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Lapitiguana
• Iguanidae
• List of largest extinct lizards
• Squamata
• Geography of Fiji
• Holocene extinction
• Island gigantism
• Mosasauria
• Tetrapodophis
• Arretosauridae