Earliest African record of theVaranusstem-clade (Squamata: Varanidae) from the early Oligocene of Egypt

KRISTER T. SMITH,",* BHART-ANJAN S. BHULLAR,2't and PATRICIA A. HOLROYD3; 1Vertebrate Paleontology Lab, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Rd. Bldg. 6, The University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.; 2Department of Geological Sciences, 1 University Station Stop C1100, The University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.; 3University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.