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Sphenodon
Taxonomy
Sphenodon was named by Gray (1831). It is extant. Its type is Sphenodon punctatus.
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Hay (1902); to Homeosauridae by Jaekel (1910); to Sphenodontinae by Apesteguía and Novas (2003), Rauhut et al. (2012) and Cau et al. (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Hay (1930), Benton (1985), Frank and Ramus (1996), Worthy (1997), Reynoso (2000), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Apesteguia et al. (2012) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Hay (1902); to Homeosauridae by Jaekel (1910); to Sphenodontinae by Apesteguía and Novas (2003), Rauhut et al. (2012) and Cau et al. (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Hay (1930), Benton (1985), Frank and Ramus (1996), Worthy (1997), Reynoso (2000), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Apesteguia et al. (2012) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Sphenodon Gray |
| 1902 | Sphenodon Hay p. 460 |
| 1910 | Sphenodon Jaekel p. 333 |
| 1930 | Sphenodon Hay p. 134 |
| 1985 | Sphenodon Benton p. 157 |
| 1996 | Sphenodon Frank and Ramus |
| 1997 | Sphenodon Worthy p. 92 |
| 2000 | Sphenodon Reynoso |
| 2003 | Sphenodon Apesteguía and Novas |
| 2003 | Sphenodon Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 442 |
| 2012 | Sphenodon Apesteguia et al. |
| 2012 | Sphenodon Rauhut et al. |
| 2014 | Sphenodon Cau et al. |
| 2018 | Sphenodon Herrera-Flores et al. |
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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.
G. Sphenodon Gray 1831
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Sphenodon guentheri Gunther 1867 [Brother island tuatara]
Sphenodon punctata Gray 1842 [tuatara]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available