Aphanizocnemus Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Dolichosauridae

Full reference: C. Dal Sasso and G. Pinna. 1997. Aphanizocnemus libanensis n. gen. n. sp., a new dolichosaur (Reptilia, Varanoidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Paleontologica Lombarda, nuova serie 7:1-31

Parent taxon: Dolichosauridae according to I. Paparella et al. 2018

See also Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997, Lee and Caldwell 2000, Lee and Scanlon 2002 and Palci and Caldwell 2010

Sister taxa: Acteosaurus, Adriosaurus, Coniasaurus, Dolichosaurus, Pachyophis, Pontosaurus, Primitivus, Tetrapodophis

Subtaxa: Aphanizocnemus libanensis

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Type: Aphanizocnemus libanensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at en Nammoƻra, upper quarry (unit 3b) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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