Sphenodon

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Sphenodon
Species (2): S. punctatus – †S. diversum
[but see Hay et al. (2010)]

Sphenodon Gray, 1831 [emendation under the plenary power of Sphaenodon, placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Op. 455)]
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Hatteria punctata Gray, 1842
  - Fixation: monotypy

Gray, J.E. 1831: Note on a peculiar structure in the head of an Agama. Pp. 13-14 in: J.E. Gray, The zoological miscellany. Part 1. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books

Daugherty, C.H.; Cree, A.; Hay, J.M.; Thompson, M.B. 1990: Neglected taxonomy and continuing extinctions of tuatara (Sphenodon). Nature, 347: 177–179. DOI: 10.1038/347177a0 PDF
Gray, J.E. 1843: Descriptions of the reptiles and Amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand. Pp. 202-206 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray: London. BHL
Günther, A. 1867: Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen). (Abstract). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 15: 460–462. JSTOR
Günther, A. 1867: Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, 157: 595–629, plates XXVI-XXVIII. JSTOR
Hay, J.M.; Lambert, D.M. 2008: Microsatellite DNA loci identify individuals and provide no evidence for multiple paternity in wild tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation genetics, 9: 1039–1043. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9445-5
Hay, J.M.; Sarre, S.D.; Lambert, D.M.; Allendorf, F.W.; Daugherty, C.H. 2010: Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia). Conservation genetics, 11: 1063–1081. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9952-7