Tuatara (redirect from Sphenodon guntheri)
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand. Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is part of a distinct lineage...
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lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand. Despite its current lack of diversity, during...
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However, it is represented by only one living species: the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a superficially lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand...
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2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: Is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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(Dermatemys mawii) Snapping turtle (Chelydridae) family Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri) Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) Impressed...
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Rhynchocephalia, comprising taxa most closely related to the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Historically the taxa included within Sphenodontidae have...
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from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 276 (1660): 1385–90. doi:10.1098/rspb...
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Jones; et al. (2011). "Hard tissue anatomy of the cranial joints in Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia): sutures, kinesis, and skull mechanics". Palaeontologia...
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(2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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Skull of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), with the pineal foramen enclosed by the parietal bones...
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birds to have survived.[citation needed] However, the discovery of a Sphenodon fossil dating to the Early Miocene 19–16 Mya raises question as to whether...
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Sophineta cracoviensis Collage of five lepidosaurs. From top left to right: Sphenodon punctatus, Dendroaspis polylepis, Iguana iguana, Smaug breyeri and Malayopython...
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America. They are represented today by a single species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) found in New Zealand. Outside of New Zealand, one rhynchocephalian...
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overlapping scales, and within this group both iguanians and tuataras (Sphenodon) project their tongues to seize prey items instead of using their jaws...
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Retrieved 3 July 2018. Dumbleton, L.J. (1943). "A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)". New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology. 24 (4): 185B–190B...
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fecal–oral sex-biased transmission (mainly to males) Amblyomma (a tick) Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) free-living infectious stages social behaviour Plasmodium...
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Gredler ML, Cohn MJ (October 2015). "Resurrecting embryos of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, to resolve vertebrate phallus evolution". Biology Letters....
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Hall. Laurin, Michel and Jacques A. Gauthier. 2011. Diapsida. Lizards, Sphenodon, crocodylians, birds, and their extinct relatives. Version 20 April 2011...
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Acrodont tooth implantation is common within Rhynchocephalia, including Sphenodon. Amphibia: Acrodont tooth implantation also present in some frogs and...
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Paleontology portal Reynoso, Victor-Hugo (1996-06-05). "A Middle Jurassic Sphenodon-like sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas...
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Jacques (January 1996). "Amniota. Mammals, reptiles (turtles, lizards, Sphenodon, crocodiles, birds) and their extinct relatives". Tree of Life Web Project...
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Sauropsida Class: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 Extant groups Lepidosauria Sphenodon (tuatara) Squamata (lizards and snakes) Archelosauria Testudines (turtles)...
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lineages diverged in the Triassic period. There is one living species, Sphenodon punctatus. The skull has two openings (fenestrae) on either side and the...
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297. ISBN 978-0-03-910284-5. Jones MEH (2009). "Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)". In...
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present in crocodiles. The uncinate process has also been reported in Sphenodon and fossil vertebrates including Caudipteryx, oviraptorids, dromaeosaurids...
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Nat Hist Sci Bull, 37:548–562. Jones MEH (2009). Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). In...
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a genus of the subfamily Sphenodontinae; grouping it with the modern Sphenodon (better known as the Tuatara), Zapatadon, Cynosphenodon, Homoeosaurus...
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an Indian lizard Scelotes guentheri – an extinct South African lizard Sphenodon guntheri – a New Zealand rhynchocephalian Stegonotus guentheri – a Papua...
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(2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
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Grace; Pierce, Stephanie E. (2022-03-03). "An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton...
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