Biology:Sphenocondor

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Sphenocondor
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~179.17–178.07 Ma
[1][2]
Scientific classification e
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 Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.[3]

Phylogeny

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

Youngina

Pristidactylus

Gephyrosaurus

Sphenodontia

Diphydontosaurus

Planocephalosaurus

Rebbanasaurus

Sphenocondor

Godavarisaurus

Clevosaurus

Brachyrhinodon

Palaeopleurosaurus

Sapheosaurus

Kallimodon

Theretairus

Sphenovipera

Homoeosaurus

Zapatadon

Cynosphenodon

Sphenodon

Ankylosphenodon

Opisthodontia

Kawasphenodon

Opisthias

Kaikaifilusaurus

Eilenodon

Toxolophosaurus

References

  1. Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20302562. Retrieved 27 August 2021. 
  2. Pol, D.; Gomez, K.; Holwerda, F. M.; Rauhut, O. W.; Carballido, J. L. (2022). "Sauropods from the Early Jurassic of South America and the Radiation of Eusauropoda". South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs 1 (1): 131–163. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3_4. Retrieved 2 May 2022. 
  3. 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. 

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