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Rhynchocephalia (/ˌrɪŋkoʊsɪˈfeɪliə/; lit. 'beak-heads') is an
order of lizard-like
reptiles that
includes only one
living species, the
tuatara (Sphenodon...
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ossification may have
evolved multiple times,
having been
found in the Jur****ic
sphenodont Sapheosaurus as well as in the
therapsid Ni****odon mfumukasi. The epiphysis...
- snails, ray-finned fishes, frogs, salamanders,
turtles like Glyptops,
sphenodonts, lizards,
terrestrial and
aquatic crocodylomorphs like Hoplosuchus, several...
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previously considered to have
belonged to
Opisthias or Theretairus,
recent studies have
doubted this referral, thus
placing it as an
indeterminate sphenodont....
- ray-finned fishes,
frogs such as Eobatrachus, salamanders, turtles,
sphenodonts, lizards,
terrestrial and
aquatic crocodylomorphs like Goniopholis, and...
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paleoenvironment included ray-finned fishes, frogs, salamanders, turtles,
sphenodonts, lizards,
terrestrial and
aquatic crocodylomorphs, and
several species...
- A.; Cerda, I. A.; Apesteguía, S. (2024). "Bone
microstructure of the
sphenodont rhynchocephalian Priosphenodon avelasi and its
paleobiological implications"...
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include bivalves, snails, ray-finned fishes, frogs, salamanders, turtles,
sphenodonts, lizards,
terrestrial and
aquatic crocodylomorphs,
several species of...
- tuataras. This lizard-like
species from New
Zealand is the last
surviving sphenodont, a
prehistoric group of reptiles, and
Chester is the only
British zoo...
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Sapheosaurus is an
extinct genus of Late Jur****ic
sphenodont. Its
skull was
longer and
narrower than that of Homoeosaurus. It was
classified as a genus...
