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Megalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) is an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard. They were part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene. They seem to have disappeared sometime after 50,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered them.
The name Megalania prisca was coined in 1859 by Sir Richard Owen to mean "ancient great roamer"; the name was chosen "in reference to the terrestrial nature of the great Saurian". Owen used a modification of the Greek word ἠλαίνω ēlainō ("I roam"). The close similarity to the Latin word: lania (feminine form of "butcher") has resulted in numerous taxonomic and popular descriptions of megalania mistranslating the name as: ancient giant butcher.
Owen introduced the genus Megalania to accommodate the species Megalania prisca. Its status as a valid genus remains controversial, with many authors preferring to consider it a junior synonym of Varanus, which encompasses all living monitor lizards. As the gender of the genera Megalania and Varanus are respectively feminine and masculine, the specific name prisca (fem.)/priscus (masc.) follows suit.
Priscus of Panium (/ˈprɪskəs/; Greek: Πρίσκος) was a 5th-century Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist).
Priscus was born in Panion (located in Thrace) between 410-420 AD. In 448/449 AD, he accompanied Maximinus, the head of the Byzantine embassy representing Emperor Theodosius the Younger (r. 408–450), on a diplomatic mission to the court of Attila the Hun. While there, he met and conversed with a Greek merchant, dressed in "Scythian" (or Hunnic) fashion, who was captured eight years earlier (circa 441–442) when the city of Viminacium (located on the Danube east of modern-day Belgrade) was sacked by the Huns. The trader explained to Priscus that after the sack of Viminacium, he was a slave of Onegesius, a Hunnic nobleman, but obtained his freedom and chose to settle among the Huns. Priscus ultimately engaged in a debate with the Greek defector regarding the qualities of life and justice in both the Byzantine Empire and in barbarian kingdoms.
After an interlude in Rome, Priscus traveled to Alexandria and the Thebaid in Egypt. He last appeared in the East, circa 456, attached to the staff of Euphemios as Emperor Marcian's (r. 450–457) magister officiorum. He died after 472 AD.
Megalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) is an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard. They were part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene. They seem to have disappeared sometime after 50,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered them.
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Conheçam o maior lagarto terrestre que já existiu o Megalania, também como Varanus Priscus, ele era um gigantesco e feroz lagarto, quer saber mais então assista ao vídeo. Para mais mistérios e curiosidades se inscreva no canal, clique em gostei para ajudar o canal, compartilhe o vídeo nas redes sociais e deixe seu comentário. AJUDE O CANAL A CRESCER, SEJA MEU PATRÃO: https://www.patreon.com/mysteriumtv?ty=h&alert;=1 (doações a partir de $1 dólar) Curta o vídeo e siga nossas comunidades: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canalmysteriumtv Face-pessoal: https://www.facebook.com/jonny.moderno ANUNCIE SEU NEGOCIO EM VIDEOS NO YOUTUBE COM A MEGA MAKERS : http://megamakers.com.br/ CANAIS RECOMENDADOS: CANAL MISTÉRIOS ARQUIVADOS https://www.youtube.com/user/misteriosarquivados CANAL CURIO...
Megalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) is a supposedly extinct very large goanna or monitor lizard. Early estimates placed the length of the largest individuals at 7 m (23 ft), with a maximum weight of approximately 600–620 kg (1,320–1,370 lb). We also look at the world's largest known lizards, the Komodo Dragons. This Giant Prehistoric Megalania Lizard documentary investigates claims that these supposedly extinct Megalania, may still lurk in Australia's Blue Mountains region.. This Documentary goes in search of the Giant Prehistoric Megalania Lizards, one of the few documentaries ever based on this Prehistoric Lizard. Watch the full documentary here and if you like this show, please like and subscribe for more full documentaries.
Megalania Varanus priscus também chamado de Megalania Prisca é um lagarto gigante extinto é possivelmente o maior animal peçonhento que já existiu. Fazia parte da mega fauna que habitava o sul da Austrália, dado como extinto há cerca de 40.000 anos, juntamente com várias outras espécies do pleistoceno. Devido a este período de tempo, acredita-se que tal criatura conviveu com humanos por milhares de anos. Não se esqueça de inscrever-se no canal, se gostou deixe seu like: Compartilhe o vídeo nas redes sociais e deixe seu comentário. Curta e siga nossas comunidades: Facebook: http://goo.gl/DZYnMC Twiter: http://goo.gl/rJJ4bk Google+: http://goo.gl/VKBrvQ Se preferir, mande um e-mail: misteriosarquivados@outlook.com Ajude o canal a crescer.
มาฟังเพลง ก.ไก่-ฮ.นกฮูก กันครับ http://vid.io/xoyC ไดโนเสาร์ ไดโนเสาร์ (อังกฤษ: Dinosaur) เป็นชื่อเรียกโดยรวมของสัตว์ดึกดำบรรพ์ในอันดับใหญ่ Dinosauria ซึ่งเคยครองระบบนิเวศบนพื้นพิภพ ในมหายุคมีโซโซอิก เป็นเวลานานถึง 165 ล้านปี ก่อนจะสูญพันธุ์ ไปเมื่อ 65 ล้านปีที่แล้ว คนส่วนใหญ่เข้าใจว่าไดโนเสาร์เป็นสัตว์เลื้อยคลาน แต่อันที่จริงไดโนเสาร์เป็นสัตว์ในอันดับหนึ่งที่มีลักษณะก้ำกึ่งระหว่างสัตว์เลื้อยคลานและนก คำว่า ไดโนเสาร์ ในภาษาอังกฤษ dinosaur ถูกตั้งขึ้นโดย เซอร์ ริชาร์ด โอเวน นักบรรพชีวินวิทยา ชาวอังกฤษ ซึ่งเป็นการผสมของคำในภาษากรีกสองคำ คือคำว่า deinos (δεινός) (ใหญ่จนน่าสะพรึงกลัว) และคำว่า sauros (σαύρα) (สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน) หลายคนเข้าใจผิดว่า ไดโนเสาร์ คือสัตว์ที่อาศัยอยู่ในมหายุคมีโซโซอิกทั้งหมด แต่จริงๆ แล้ว ไดโนเสาร์ คือสัตว์ชนิดหนึ่งที่อาศัยอยู่บนพื้นดินเท่านั้น สัตว์บกบางชนิดที่คล...
Lots of bones to find and assemble, thanks for watching.
Maxxxtet live at Validi Karkia Klubi, 19.2.2017 Composition by Max Zenger called Varanus Priscus, inspired by great lizards Max Zenger - sax Tomi Nikku - trumpet Teemu Åkerblom - bass Joonas Leppänen - drums https://www.maxzenger.com
A video I created about some really scary and bizarre prehistoric creatures that are like monsters. Watch the video to learn more :-) It includes: Argentavis (South America, Thunderbird legends of Native Americans), Dunkleosteus (Devonian period, jaws), Chalicothere (knuckles, like an ape, cross between a gorilla and a horse, Africa, Eurasia and North America, Eocene to Pliocene periods, vegetarian), Sea scorpion (eurypterids, Ordovician period), Mosasaur (lizards and snake, Cretaceous period), Doedicurus (armadillos, South America, Pleistocene), Elasmotherium (gigantic rhinoceros, Asia, Pliocene and Pleistocene periods), Megalania (Varanus priscus, gigantic lizard, Komodo Dragon, Australia during the Pleistocene), Pliosaur (Jurassic and early Cretaceous seas, Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus...