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Genus "
Sphaenodon
"
Gray, 1831
(reptile)
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Entity:
Sphenodontidae (Family) - tuataras
..[†Brachyrhinodontinae] (Subfamily)
..†Chometokadmon (Genus)
..†Cynosphenodon (Genus)
..†Eilenodontinae (Subfamily)
..[†Eilenosaurus] (Genus)
..[†Glevosaurus] (Genus)
..[†Homeosaurus] (Genus)
..[†Homoeosaurinae] (Subfamily)
..†Leptosaurus (Genus)
..†Pachystropheus (Genus)
..†Palacrodon (Genus)
..†Piocormus (Genus)
..[Rhynchocephalus] (Genus)
..[†Sauranodon] (Genus)
..†Scharschengia (Genus)
..[†Simila] (Genus)
..Sphenodontinae (Subfamily)
..†Sphenovipera (Genus)
..[†Stelliosaurus] (Genus)
..[Sphaenodon] (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J.E. Gray, 1831, nom. provis.
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Gray, J.E. 1831.
Zool. Miscell.
(1). Treuttel, Würtz and Co.; G.B. Sowerby; W. Wood, London
: 14 ("Sphænodon").
Original name without included species
:
loc. cit.
Attributes
Provisional name (nom. inval: nom. provis.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 1.3.5]
Ref:
J.E. Gray, 1831.
Zool. Miscell.
(1). Treuttel, Würtz and Co.; G.B. Sowerby; W. Wood, London
: 14 ("This Skull will doubtless form the type of a new genus").
[
new
] [inferred]
Incorrect original spelling (orth. inval: orth. null./imperf./neg.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 32.4-32.5]
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987.
Offic. Lists & Indexes Zool.
: 169 (Opinion 455).
Variants
Correct spelling
:
Sphenodon
(Genus)
Gray, 1831
Ref:
R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987
: 169 (Opinion 455).
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