Genus Palaeovaranus Zittel, 1887 -1890
TYPE SPECIES. — Palaeovaranus cayluxi Zittel, 1887 -1890 (type species by subsequent designation; Georgalis 2017) .
EMENDED GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. — 1) Presence of a distinctly developed nasal crest on the dorsomedial surface of the nasal process of maxilla; and 2) the dorsolateral crests on the dorsal surface of the parietal meeting in the median plane to form a median crest in adult specimens.