Sphenodontidae
Sphenodontids Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Holocene, 176–0 Ma | |
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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 | |
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Sphenodontidae is a family within the reptile group Rhynchocephalia. Most members of this family are only known from fossils but there is one living member, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)[2] from New Zealand. They were a quite ecologically diverse group, ranging from terrestrial carnivores and insectivores (Sphenodon) to aquatic herbivores (Ankylosphenodon) and durophagy (Oenosaurus[3]).
The following is a cladogram of Rhynchocephalia after Rauhut et al. (2012):[3]
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References
- ↑ Apesteguia, R. O. Gomez; Rougier, G. W. (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: new insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166: 342–360. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x. [R. Benson/R. Benson]
- ↑ Sphenodon punctatus in the Reptile Database, accessed 23 Jan 2016
- 1 2 Rauhut, O. W. M.; Heyng, A. M.; López-Arbarello, A.; Hecker, A. (2012). "A new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Germany with a dentition that is unique amongst tetrapods". PLOS ONE. 7 (10): e46839. PMC 3485277 . PMID 23118861. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046839.
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