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Dragon's Paradise Lost



Komodo dragon had Australian origins
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/09/30/2700451.htm

It looks like Komodo dragons aren't insular giants after all, but may have 
originated on the 
Australian mainland.

Hocknull et al 2009. "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and 
Extinction of the 
Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)" PLosOne Sep 2009 Vol.4 Issue 9.

Freely available at:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007241

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist                Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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