- The
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus) is a
species of
reptile endemic to New Zealand.
Despite its
close resemblance to lizards, it is
actually the only extant...
- lizard-like
reptiles that
includes only one
living species, the
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand.
Despite its
current lack of diversity, during...
- However, it is
represented by only one
living species: the
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus), a
superficially lizard-like
reptile native to New Zealand...
- 2017). "Macroevolutionary
patterns in Rhynchocephalia: Is the
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus) a
living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
- Rhynchocephalia,
comprising taxa most
closely related to the
living tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus).
Historically the taxa
included within Sphenodontidae have...
- (Dermatemys mawii)
Snapping turtle (Chelydridae)
family Tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus and
Sphenodon guntheri)
Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) Impressed...
- from the
Miocene of New
Zealand and
palaeobiogeography of the
tuatara (
Sphenodon)". Proceedings.
Biological Sciences. 276 (1660): 1385–90. doi:10.1098/rspb...
- (2017). "Macroevolutionary
patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus) a
living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy...
- Jones; et al. (2011). "Hard
tissue anatomy of the
cranial joints in
Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia): sutures, kinesis, and
skull mechanics". Palaeontologia...
- America. They are
represented today by a
single species, the
tuatara (
Sphenodon punctatus)
found in New Zealand.
Outside of New Zealand, one rhynchocephalian...
