毁蜥属

毁蜥属; 化石时期：晚白垩世森诺曼阶 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	黎巴嫩毁蜥的化石
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	爬行纲 Reptilia
目：	有鳞目 Squamata
属：	†毁蜥属 Aphanizocnemus; Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1997
模式种
	†黎巴嫩毁蜥; Aphanizocnemus libanensis; Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1997

毁蜥（学名：Aphanizocnemus）是种发现于黎巴嫩的已灭绝蜥蜴。它是种生存于森诺曼阶的海生爬行动物，一般作为蛇的近亲而归入伸龙科，但也有研究认为比伸龙科更接近蛇。毁蜥仅含一个已知物种即模式种黎巴嫩毁蜥（A. libanensis），于1997年根据单具完整骨骼命名。^[1]尽管模式产地未知，但据称其“几乎可以肯定”来自桑宁组（英语：Sannine Formation）。^[2]

毁蜥长约30厘米（12英寸），尾部几乎占其全长的一半。与四肢骨骼相比手脚偏大。指骨的扁平形状表明毁蜥四肢形成了桨。尾部骨骼称作人字骨的突起赋予尾巴桨似的扁平形状。毁蜥非常适应水生生活，可能大部分时间都在浅水湖底游泳。^[3]

参考资料

^ Dal Sasso, C.; Pinna, G. Aphanizocnemus libanensis n. gen. n. sp., a new dolichosaur (Reptilia, Varanoidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Paleontologia Lombarda. 1997, 7: 1–31.
^ Campbell Mekarski, Michelle; Pierce, Stephanie E.; Caldwell, Michael W. Spatiotemporal Distributions of Non-ophidian Ophidiomorphs, With Implications for Their Origin, Radiation, and Extinction. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2019-09-24, 7: 245. Bibcode:2019FrEaS...7..245M. ISSN 2296-6463. doi:10.3389/feart.2019.00245  .
^ Molnar, R.E. The long and honorable history of monitors and their kin. Pianka, E.R.; King, D.; King, R.A. (编). Varanoid Lizards of the World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2004: 10–67.

[DSP97-1] Dal Sasso, C.; Pinna, G. Aphanizocnemus libanensis n. gen. n. sp., a new dolichosaur (Reptilia, Varanoidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Paleontologia Lombarda. 1997, 7: 1–31.

[2] Campbell Mekarski, Michelle; Pierce, Stephanie E.; Caldwell, Michael W. Spatiotemporal Distributions of Non-ophidian Ophidiomorphs, With Implications for Their Origin, Radiation, and Extinction. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2019-09-24, 7: 245. Bibcode:2019FrEaS...7..245M. ISSN 2296-6463. doi:10.3389/feart.2019.00245  .

[MRE04-3] Molnar, R.E. The long and honorable history of monitors and their kin. Pianka, E.R.; King, D.; King, R.A. (编). Varanoid Lizards of the World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2004: 10–67.

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