Tuatara (redirect from Sphenodon guntheri) The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand. Despite its close resemblance to lizards, it is part of a distinct lineage... 87 KB (9,263 words) - 00:34, 1 May 2024 |
However, it is represented by only one living species: the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a superficially lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand... 30 KB (3,272 words) - 11:50, 13 April 2024 |
Rhynchocephalia, comprising taxa most closely related to the living tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Historically the taxa included within Sphenodontidae have... 7 KB (456 words) - 22:55, 4 May 2024 |
Acrodont tooth implantation is common within Rhynchocephalia, including Sphenodon. Amphibia: Acrodont tooth implantation also present in some frogs and... 4 KB (401 words) - 20:13, 22 April 2024 |
birds to have survived.[citation needed] However, the discovery of a Sphenodon fossil dating to the Early Miocene 19–16 Mya raises question as to whether... 46 KB (5,323 words) - 04:58, 25 March 2024 |
Skull of the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), with the pineal foramen enclosed by the parietal bones... 10 KB (1,350 words) - 17:36, 11 April 2024 |
overlapping scales, and within this group both iguanians and tuataras (Sphenodon) project their tongues to seize prey items instead of using their jaws... 26 KB (2,464 words) - 19:03, 3 May 2024 |
Gredler ML, Cohn MJ (October 2015). "Resurrecting embryos of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, to resolve vertebrate phallus evolution". Biology Letters.... 38 KB (3,598 words) - 02:09, 26 April 2024 |
Hall. Laurin, Michel and Jacques A. Gauthier. 2011. Diapsida. Lizards, Sphenodon, crocodylians, birds, and their extinct relatives. Version 20 April 2011... 21 KB (981 words) - 10:24, 31 March 2024 |
sphaleron sphen- wedge Greek σφήν, σφηνός (sphḗn, sphēnós) sphenic, Sphenodon, sphenoid spher- ball Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra) aspheric, hemisphere, hypersphere... 2 KB (1,764 words) - 06:15, 16 April 2024 |
Jones; et al. (2011). "Hard tissue anatomy of the cranial joints in Sphenodon (Rhynchocephalia): sutures, kinesis, and skull mechanics". Palaeontologia... 66 KB (6,511 words) - 19:22, 27 April 2024 |
lineages diverged in the Triassic period. There is one living species, Sphenodon punctatus. The skull has two openings (fenestrae) on either side and the... 80 KB (8,860 words) - 14:31, 11 April 2024 |
297. ISBN 978-0-03-910284-5. Jones MEH (2009). "Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)". In... 22 KB (2,505 words) - 18:28, 1 May 2024 |
(2017). "Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?". Palaeontology. 60 (3): 319–328. Bibcode:2017Palgy... 36 KB (3,959 words) - 08:27, 14 April 2024 |
an Indian lizard Scelotes guentheri – an extinct South African lizard Sphenodon guntheri – a New Zealand rhynchocephalian Stegonotus guentheri – a Papua... 19 KB (2,214 words) - 02:42, 30 April 2024 |
Nat Hist Sci Bull, 37:548–562. Jones MEH (2009). Dentary tooth shape in Sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). In... 18 KB (1,530 words) - 07:36, 17 March 2024 |
of the pineal organs and adjacent parts of the brain in the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London... 53 KB (5,959 words) - 20:38, 27 April 2024 |
Grace; Pierce, Stephanie E. (2022-03-03). "An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton... 4 KB (383 words) - 00:04, 25 March 2024 |
Sphenodon Squamata... 12 KB (946 words) - 17:34, 28 April 2024 |
species are on display. Among them are rare items of Hatteria punctatus (Sphenodon punctatus), a reptile endemic to New Zealand, and extinct Panthera pardus... 6 KB (557 words) - 12:59, 6 July 2021 |