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Sphenodontidae is a
family within the
reptile group Rhynchocephalia,
comprising taxa most
closely related to the
living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)....
- the
scope of the
clade to be
identical to Eilenodontinae. The
family Sphenodontidae has been used to
include the
tuatara and its
closest relatives within...
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Madagascan big-headed
turtles and
American sideneck river turtles Family Sphenodontidae Family Agamidae –
agamas Family Chamaeleonidae –
chameleons Family Iguanidae...
- 1007/978-3-642-65495-4_4. ISBN 9783642654978. Uetz,
Peter (2003-10-07). "
Sphenodontidae". The EMBL
reptile database.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory,...
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Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Reptilia Order:
Rhynchocephalia Family:
Sphenodontidae Genus:
Sphenodon Gray, 1831 (conserved name) Species: S. punctatus Binomial...
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their position within Sphenodontidae, as a
taxonomic family cannot be
within another family.
Sources which use
Sphenodontidae as a wide
group of sphenodontians...
- Sphenodontia. They are
either considered a
subgroup of Opisthodontia, or
Sphenodontidae. They had deep jaws with broad,
closely packed teeth with
thick enamel...
- Zealand. In the
original description, it was
found to be a
member of
Sphenodontidae, in some
other subsequent analyses it was
found to be a
member of Opisthodontia...
- this decision. In 1981,
Toxolophosaurus was re****igned to the
family Sphenodontidae, on the
basis that the
specimens were more
similar to
Sphenodon than...
- Sapheosauridae,
although in some
analyses this
group belongs to the
family Sphenodontidae (which also
contains the tuatara, the only
living rhynchocephalian)...
