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occupied by
lizards today were held by
rhynchocephalians during the Tri****ic and Jur****ic.
Rhynchocephalians underwent a
great decline during the Cretaceous...
- also
found in many
other advanced rhynchocephalians. The
teeth of the tuatara, and
almost all
other rhynchocephalians, are
described as acrodont, as they...
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containing all
descendants of the last
common ancestor of
squamates and
rhynchocephalians.
Lepidosaurs can be
distinguished from
other reptiles via several...
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attached to the apex of the jaw bone,
similar to
other primitive rhynchocephalians like Diphydontosaurus.
These teeth underwent replacement. The frontal...
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rhynchocephalians, however,
their position is disputed, with some
studies recovering them as less
closely related to
squamates than
rhynchocephalians...
- Pelecymala, the most
diverse and long-lasting
group of
herbivorous rhynchocephalians were the opisthodonts. Some more
generalized opisthodonts, such as...
-
Ichthyornis was a toothed, seabird-like
ornithuran from the Late
Cretaceous Rhynchocephalians (which
today only
includes the tuatara)
disappeared from
North America...
-
Rhynchocephalians of the
Quebrada del
Barro Formation Genus Species Material Notes Images Sphenotitan S.
leyesi numerous specimens (~50% of all recovered...
- them on the
reptile family tree
among Lepidosauromorpha (squamates,
rhynchocephalians and
their relatives),
Archosauromorpha (archosaurs and
their relatives)...
-
analysis of
rhynchocephalians since Apesteguía &
Novas (2003). However, the
relation between sapheosaurs as a
whole and
other rhynchocephalians is less clear...
