Adriosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Adriosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia =
genus = "Adriosaurus"
species = "A. microbrachis"
binomial = "Adriosaurus microbrachis"
binomial_authority =

"Adriosaurus" is an extinct genus of aquatic lizard that lived about 95 million years ago. It was snake-like and grew 10 to 12 inches. This is the first fossil record of vestigial limbs in lizards, and gives scientists a glimpse back to the time when terrestrial lizards evolved to be limbless and returned to their watery origins. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17817502/ Ancient lizard missing front limbs - LiveScience - MSNBC.com ] ] [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261364,00.html?sPage=fnc.science/evolutionAncient Aquatic Lizard Was Losing Its Front Limbs] ]

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