Priosphenodon Apesteguía and Novas 2003 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae

Full reference: S. Apesteguía and F. E. Novas. 2003. Large Cretaceous sphenodontian from Patagonia provides insight into lepidosaur evolution in Gondwana. Nature 425:609-612

Parent taxon: Opisthodontia according to A. S. Hsiou et al. 2019

See also Apesteguia and Carballido 2014, Apesteguía and Novas 2003, Cau et al. 2014, Gentil et al. 2019, Herrera-Flores et al. 2018 and Rauhut et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Alamitosphenos, Eilenodontinae, Fraserosphenodon, Kawasphenodon, Sphenotitan, Trullidens

Subtaxa: none

Type: Priosphenodon avelasi

Ecology:

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Priosphenodon in the database

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