| Ovoo gurvel Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | †Ovoo Norell, Gao, & Conrad, 2008 |
| Species: | †O. gurvel
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| †Ovoo gurvel Norell, Gao, & Conrad, 2008
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Ovoo gurvel /ˈoʊvoʊ/ is an extinct varanid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It is one of the smallest and earliest monitor lizards. It was described in 2008. Ovoo possesses a pair of small bones in its skull that are not seen in any other lizard.
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