Rhynchocephalus Owen

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhynchocephalia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Rhynchocephalia

Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Synonym: Rhynchocephalus

Name

• Rhynchocephalus Owen, 1845 [junior homonym]

References

Primary references

• Owen, R. 1845: Report on the reptilian fossils of South Africa: Part I., Description of certain fossil crania, discovered by A. G. Bain, Esq., in sandstone rocks at the south-eastern extremity of Africa, referable to different species of an extinct genus of Reptilia (Dicynodon), and indicative of a new tribe or sub-order of Sauria. Transactions of the Geological Society of London (2), 7: 59–84, plates III-VI. BHL [first availability, see p. 78, and plate VI figs. 5-6]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Rhynchocephalus Owen – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhynchocephalus Owen.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus