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Monotypic taxon: Genus Sphenodon Gray, 1831 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  J.E. Gray, 1831, nom. emend.
Original name & rank:  Gray, J.E. 1831. Zool. Miscell. (1). Treuttel, Würtz and Co.; G.B. Sowerby; W. Wood, London: 14.
Original inclusion of species:  Gray, J.E. 1872. London: 30.
Subsequent spelling:  loc. cit.
Subsequent publication:  Boulenger, 1889. Cat. Chelon. Croc. Brit. Mus.: 2. ≡

Attributes

Emendation (nom. emend.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.1] Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, U.K.: 169 ("emend.") (Opinion 455).

Types

Type of: Sphenodontida (Order) Carroll, 1985
Type of: Sphenodontida (Suborder) Carroll, 1985
Type of: Sphenodontidae (Family) Cope, 1871 Ref: Hoffstetter, 1955. [inferred]
Type of: Sphenodontinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1871 Ref: O. Kuhn, 1969 [inferred]
Type of: Sphenodontoidea (Suborder) Lydekker, 1888
Type of: Spheodontia (Order)
Type: Sphenodon punctatus (Gray, 1842) Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.

Variants

Incorrect spelling: Sphaenodon (Genus) Gray, 1831 Ref: R.V. Melville & J.D.D. Smith (eds.), 1987: 169 (Opinion 455).

Synonyms

Junior objective synonym: Rhynchocephalus (Genus) Owen, 1845, nom. illeg. Ref: J.E. Gray, 1872: 30. [new]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: brughagedissen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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