Anqingosaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Middle Paleocene}}

| genus = Anqingosaurus

| parent_authority = Hou, 1976

| species = brevicephalus

| authority = Hou, 1976

| synonyms = Anguingosaurus brevicephalus

}}

Anqingosaurus brevicephalus is an extinct lizard from the early Middle Paleocene of Anhui, China.{{cite web |url=http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/pal_reptiles.htm |title=Genera and species of Paleocene reptiles |work=Paleocene mammals of the world |author=Martin Jehle |access-date=June 2, 2010}} A. brevicephalus was originally described as a chameleon, but, not all authorities agree with this.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2ZOAQAAIAAJ&q=Anqingosaurus | title=Dinosaurs and other fossil reptiles of Europe (Issue 7 of Revue de paleobiologie: Volume special) | publisher=Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève | year=1993 | pages=280 pages (Page 201)}} If A. brevicephalus is a chameleon, then Chamaeleonidae fossil record extends all the way into the Paleocene.{{cn|date=August 2023}} If it is not, then Chamaeleonidae fossil record starts in the Early Miocene with Chamaeleo caroliquarti.{{cn|date=August 2023}}