Rhynchocephalia (redirect from Sphenodontia)
distribution by the Early Jurassic. Most rhynchocephalians belong to the group Sphenodontia ('wedge-teeth'). Their closest living relatives are lizards and snakes...
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List of reptiles (section Order Sphenodontia – tuatara)
Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct...
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This list of largest reptiles takes into consideration both body length and mass of large reptile species, including average ranges and maximum records...
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Evolution of reptiles (section Sphenodontia)
reptilian orders. Squamates are a monophyletic group included, with the Sphenodontia (e.g. tuataras), in the Lepidosauria. The latter superorder, together...
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Eilenodontinae are an extinct clade of reptiles belonging to Sphenodontia. They are either considered a subgroup of Opisthodontia, or Sphenodontidae. They...
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Testudines, Squamata and Crocodilia. The only missing extant order is Sphenodontia, containing the tuataras, which are endemic to New Zealand. Australia...
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of the Late Triassic Period. The Lepidosauromorpha, specifically the Sphenodontia, are first found in the fossil record of the earlier Carnian Age, though...
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what taxonomists call a "wastebasket taxon". Williston proposed the Sphenodontia to include only tuatara and their closest fossil relatives in 1925. However...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Rhynchocephalia Suborder: Sphenodontia Family: Sphenodontidae Cope, 1870 (conserved name) Type species Hatteria...
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La Boca Formation (section Sphenodontia)
The La Boca Formation is a geological formation in Tamaulipas state, northeast Mexico. It was originally thought to date back to the Early Jurassic, concretely...
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rhynchocephalians is less clear. Although they are clearly members of the group Sphenodontia like almost all other rhynchocephalians, the construction of their jaw...
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The Sachrang Formation or "Posidonienschiefer" Formation (Whose Vulgar name is "Posidonia Shale") is a geological formation of southwestern Germany, northern...
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Gallo De França; Jorge Ferigolo (2015). "New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil". PLOS ONE...
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was herbivorous. Paleontology portal Lepidosauromorpha Lepidosauria Sphenodontia / Rhynchocephalia Opisthodontia Opisthias Throckmorton, Gaylord S.; Hopson...
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Palaeophiidae: Late Cretaceous - Eocene Archaeophis Palaeophis Pterosphenus Sphenodontia Pleurosauridae Early - Late Jurassic (-Early Cretaceous?) Pleurosaurus...
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the Late Triassic of Europe. It is the most primitive known member of Sphenodontia. Diphydontosaurus was one of the smallest sphenodontians, measuring up...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Rhynchocephalia Suborder: Sphenodontia Family: †Pleurosauridae Lydekker, 1888 Genera †Palaeopleurosaurus †Pleurosaurus...
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Rhynchocephalia (unranked): Sphenodontia Genus: †Godavarisaurus Evans et al., 2001 Species †G. lateefi Evans et...
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partial maxilla with teeth. It has been placed as a basal member of Sphenodontia. Sues, Hans-Dieter; Schoch, Rainer R. (March 2021). "A new early-diverging...
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quadrate bones. Unlike more advanced rhynchocephalians belonging to Sphenodontia, Gephyrosaurus bridensis retains a lacrimal bone in the skull, though...
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(2015-09-10). Beatty, Brian Lee (ed.). "New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil". PLOS ONE...
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Gallo De; Ferigolo, Jorge (2015-09-10). "New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil". PLOS ONE...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Rhynchocephalia Suborder: Sphenodontia Genus: †Vadasaurus Type species Vadasaurus herzogi Bever & Norell, 2017...
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preparation. These features led Sues & Baird to assign the skull to Sphenodontia, a group containing most rhynchocephalians. The specimen finally received...
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1990s, Victor-Hugo Reynoso established that three particular genera of Sphenodontia (Clevosaurus, Brachyrhinodon, and Polysphenodon) were closely related...
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fossils have an interdental plate, whereas acrodont reptiles such as Sphenodontia do not. Its presence in Archaeopteryx, an extinct avialan, resulted in...
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Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Rhynchocephalia Suborder: Sphenodontia Genus: †Planocephalosaurus Fraser, 1982 Species P. robinsonae † Fraser...
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