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Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi

Reptilia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi was named by Reynoso (2005). Its type specimen is IGM 6076, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jim's Joy, Huizachal Canyon, which is in a Pliensbachian floodplain horizon in the La Boca Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Sphenovipera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi Reynoso p. 646 figs. 2A-C
2014Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi Reynoso and Cruz p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
genusSphenovipera
speciesjimmysjoyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sphenovipera jimmysjoyi Reynoso 2005
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Diagnosis
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