Sphenocondor
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~[1][2]
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 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. S2CID 225120452. 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. 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. hdl:20.500.12110/paper_00244082_v166_n2_p342_Apesteguia.
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