- the two and
other very
close relatives of the
tuatara often called Sphenodontinae. The
herbivorous Eilenodontinae,
otherwise considered part of Opisthodontia...
-
palatine tooth row is
oblique to the
teeth of the maxilla, in
members of
Sphenodontinae (including the tuatara) and
Eilenodontinae it is
orientated parallel...
-
pleurosaurs and the
herbivorous eilenodontines. The
earliest members of
Sphenodontinae, the
clade which includes the tuatara, are
known from the
Early Jur****ic...
- tuatara, (Sphenodon punctatus), and a
member of the
Sphenodontinae. It is the
oldest member of
Sphenodontinae known from
South America. The type
specimen consists...
-
relationships found it to be
outside Opisthodontia, and
instead a
member of the
Sphenodontinae as the
closest known relative of the tuatara, with an
estimated divergence...
- of the
living tuatara (Sphenodon puncatus),
tentatively referred to
Sphenodontinae. The
genus name
combines the
prefix "Spheno-", with
reference to the...
-
similar in many
aspects to the
extant tuatara, both
belonging to the
Sphenodontinae,
including sharing a
complete lower temporal bar. It is one of the oldest...
-
closest known relatives of the tuatara, with both
being placed in the
Sphenodontinae,
which is
supported by
among other characters, the
growth pattern of...
-
Number of
Predicted Genes Reference Links ****embly
status Sphenodontidae Sphenodontinae Sphenodon punctatus (Tuatara) N/A 4.27 Gbp 17,448 2020
draft NCBI Database...
- VP 101563, MNA.V.8726, MNA.V.8727 An
Advanced Sphenodont,
member of
Sphenodontinae. The
skeleton of N. sani
shows a
large number of
similarities with the...
