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distribution by the
Early Jur****ic. Most
rhynchocephalians belong to the
group Sphenodontia ('wedge-teeth').
Their closest living relatives are
lizards and snakes...
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reptilian orders.
Squamates are a
monophyletic group included, with the
Sphenodontia (e.g. tuataras), in the Lepidosauria. The
latter superorder, together...
- Testudines,
Squamata and Crocodilia. The only
missing extant order is
Sphenodontia,
containing the tuataras,
which are
endemic to New Zealand. Australia...
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taxonomists call a "wastebasket taxon".
Williston in 1925
proposed the
Sphenodontia to
include only
tuatara and
their closest fossil relatives. However,...
- This list of
largest reptiles takes into
consideration both body
length and m**** of
large reptile species,
including average ranges and
maximum records...
-
Reptiles are
tetrapod animals in the
class Reptilia,
comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and
their extinct...
- of the Late Tri****ic Period. The Lepidosauromorpha,
specifically the
Sphenodontia, are
first found in the
fossil record of the
earlier Carnian Age, though...
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Sphenodontia Squamata...
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Eilenodontinae are an
extinct clade of
reptiles belonging to
Sphenodontia. They are
either considered a
subgroup of Opisthodontia, or Sphenodontidae. They...
- The La Boca
Formation is a
geological formation in
Tamaulipas state,
northeast Mexico. It was
originally thought to date back to the
Early Jur****ic, concretely...
