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Sphenodontinae
Cope, 1871
(reptile)
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Entity:
Sphenodontidae (Family) - tuataras
..†Chometokadmon (Genus)
..†Cynosphenodon (Genus)
..†Eilenodontinae (Subfamily)
..†Leptosaurus (Genus)
..†Pachystropheus (Genus)
..†Palacrodon (Genus)
..†Piocormus (Genus)
..†Scharschengia (Genus)
..†Sphenovipera (Genus)
..Sphenodontinae (Subfamily)
....Sphenodon (Genus)
....†Zapatadon (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Cope, 1871) T.H. Huxley, 1887
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.)
:
Huxley, T.H. 1887.
Nature
36
(no. 917), 26 May 1887: 95 ("Sphenodontinæ").
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Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Sphenodontidae
(Family)
Cope, 1871
Ref:
O. Kuhn, 1969
: 46.
[inferred]
Type
:
Sphenodon
(Genus)
Gray, 1831
Ref:
O. Kuhn, 1969
[inferred]
Variants
Clade-based name
:
Sphenodontinae
(Clade)
Huxley 1887 [Reynoso 1996]
Ref:
D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022
: 5.
[inferred]
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