Sphenodontidae

Sphenodontids
Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Holocene, 176–0 Ma
Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Family: Sphenodontidae
Cope, 1870 (conserved name)
Type species
Hatteria punctata
Gray, 1842
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Hatteriidae
    Cope, 1864 (rejected name)
  • Rhynchocephalidae
    Hoffmann, 1881 (rejected name)

Sphenodontidae is a family within the group Sphenodontia. Most members of this family are only known from fossils but there is one living member, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)[1] from New Zealand.

The following is a cladogram of Rhynchocephalia after Farke et al., 2012.[2]

Sphenodontidae

Sphenodon (Tuatara)

Oenosaurus

Cynosphenodon

Zapatadon





References

  1. ↑ Sphenodon punctatus in the Reptile Database, accessed 23 Jan 2016
  2. ↑ Rauhut, O. W. M.; Heyng, A. M.; López-Arbarello, A.; Hecker, A. (2012). Farke, Andrew A, ed. "A New Rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a Dentition That is Unique amongst Tetrapods". PLoS ONE 7 (10): e46839. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046839.
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