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Sphenocondor

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Sphenocondor
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Genus: Sphenocondor
Apesteguía et al., 2012
Type species
Sphenocondor gracilis
Apesteguía et al., 2012

Sphenocondor is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Middle Jurassic of Argentina.[1]

Phylogeny

A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apestiguia et al. (2012) resulted the following tree which shows the relationship of Sphenocondor to other rhynchocephalians:

References

  1. ^ Apesteguía, S. N.; Gómez, R. L. O.; Rougier, G. W. (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (2): 342. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x.