Microsphenodon Chambi-Trowell et al. 2021 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: S. A. V. Chambi-Trowell, A. G. Martinelli, D. I. Whiteside, P. R. R. Vivar, M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz, P. G. Gill, M. J. Benton, and E. J. Rayfield. 2021. The diversity of Triassic South American sphenodontians: a new basal form, clevosaurs, and a revision of rhynchocephalian phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(11):787-820

Parent taxon: Eusphenodontia according to S. A. V. Chambi-Trowell et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Clevosauridae, Lanceirosphenodon, Neosphenodontia, Opisthiamimus, Polysphenodon

Subtaxa: Microsphenodon bonapartei

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Type: Microsphenodon bonapartei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Faxinal do Soturno, Linha São Luiz (Triassic of Brazil)

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