Size comparison of Bolg amondol vs a modern Gila monster (IMAGE)

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Size comparison of Bolg amondol vs a modern Gila monster

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Size comparison of the holotype specimen of Bolg amondol (UMNH VP 16266, left, Natural History Museum of Utah / Bureau of Land Management) and a modern Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, right). Gold: preserved skeletal elements. Light gray: reconstructed elements based on preserved material. Dark gray: missing skeletal elements, based on publicly available rendered CT scans of Heloderma horridum available on morphosource.org (UF:Herp 153328). 
 

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Dr. Hank Woolley

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