Rhynchocephalus Owen

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhynchocephalia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida 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
• Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist
• EoL
• GBIF
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus