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Size comparison of the holotype specimen of Bolg amondol and a modern Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, right). Gold: preserved skeletal elements.

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Bolg would have been a bit of a monster to our eyes. "Three feet tip to tail, maybe even bigger than that, depending on the length of the tail and torso," said Woolley.