Sphenocondor
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Extinct genus of reptiles
| Sphenocondor | |
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| 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
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Sphenocondor is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. It is known from a nearly complete lower jaw.[3]
Phylogeny
[edit ]A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apestiguia et al. (2012) resulted in the following tree which shows the relationship of Sphenocondor to other rhynchocephalians:
References
[edit ]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2021GondR..89...47F. doi:10.1016/j.gr.202010001. S2CID 225120452 . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ 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 . Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ 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 . hdl:20.500.12110/paper_00244082_v166_n2_p342_Apesteguia .
