扎赫里龍屬

扎赫里龍（屬名："Zahrisaurus"）是蛇頸龍目的一個已滅絕屬，來自晚侏羅世的巴基斯坦。^[1]^[2]該屬由穆罕默德·薩迪克·馬爾卡尼（Muhammod Sadiq Malkani）於2019年首次命名，模式種是基爾穆拉扎赫里龍（"Zahrisaurus kilmoolai"）。屬名取自分布於化石發現地一帶的扎赫里部落（Zahri tribe）及希臘語saurus（蜥蜴）。種名分別取自發現化石的基爾地區（Kil Locality）及流經此地的穆拉河（Moola River）。正模標本GSP/MSM-99-K由破碎的顱後骨骼組成，發現於俾路支省胡茲達爾鎮穆拉河地區的喬托克地（Chotok locality），所屬層段可能為晚侏羅世蘇萊曼群（Sulaiman Group）的契爾坦石灰岩組（Chiltan Limestone），現保存於奎達市的巴基斯坦地質調查局博物館（Museum of Geological Survey of Pakistan）。^[1]^[3]由於已知材料過於零碎，因此該屬一般被視為疑名；且論文發表於掠奪性期刊上導致有效性存疑，故可能也是一個裸名。

參見

蛇頸龍類研究歷史（英語：Timeline of plesiosaur research）
蛇頸龍列表

參考資料

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Malkani, M. S. Recently Discovered Basilosaurid, Baluchithere Rhinoceros, Horses, Sea Cow, Proboscidean, Eucrocodile, Pterosaurs, Plesiosaur, Fishes, Invertebrates and Wood Fossils, Tracks and Trackways of Dinosaurs from Pakistan; Comparison of Recognized Four Titanosaur Taxa of Indo-Pakistan with Madagascar. Open Journal of Geology. 2019, 9: 919–955. doi:10.4236/ojg.2019.912098.
^ Malkani, M. S. Updated Stratigraphy and Mineral Potential of Sulaiman (Middle Indus) Basin, Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series). 2010, 42 (39-66).
^ Malkani, M. S. Formal Description of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Biotas Found from Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology. 2021, 11 (9): 411–455.

[Malkani2019-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Malkani, M. S. Recently Discovered Basilosaurid, Baluchithere Rhinoceros, Horses, Sea Cow, Proboscidean, Eucrocodile, Pterosaurs, Plesiosaur, Fishes, Invertebrates and Wood Fossils, Tracks and Trackways of Dinosaurs from Pakistan; Comparison of Recognized Four Titanosaur Taxa of Indo-Pakistan with Madagascar. Open Journal of Geology. 2019, 9: 919–955. doi:10.4236/ojg.2019.912098.

[2] Malkani, M. S. Updated Stratigraphy and Mineral Potential of Sulaiman (Middle Indus) Basin, Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series). 2010, 42 (39-66).

[Malkani2021-3] Malkani, M. S. Formal Description of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Biotas Found from Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology. 2021, 11 (9): 411–455.

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