Sphenodontidae

Familia: Sphenodontidae
Genera: Sphenodon – †Oenosaurus – †Priosphenodon
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• Sphenodontidae Cope, 1870
  • Type genus: Sphenodon Gray, 1831
  • Stem: Sphenodont-

• Hatteriidae Cope, 1864 [suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy]
  • Type genus: Hatteria Gray, 1842 [=Sphenodon Gray, 1831]
  • Stem: Hatteri-

• Apesteguía, S.; Novas, F.E. 2003: Large Cretaceous sphenodontian from Patagonia provides insight into lepidosaur evolution in Gondwana. Nature, 425: 609–612. DOI: 10.1038/nature01995 [erratum in Nature, 435: 1280. (2005) DOI: 10.1038/nature03878]
• Cope, E.D. 1864: On the characters of the higher groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA-and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1864: 224–231. Internet Archive BHL
• Cope, E.D. 1870: Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 19: 235 [not seen]
• ICZN 1957: Opinion 455. Validation under the Plenary Powers (a) of the emendation to Sphenodon of the generic name Sphaenodon Gray (J.E.), 1831, and (b) of the family-group name SPHENODONTIDAE Cope, 1870 (Class Reptilia). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 15: 379–392. BHL BioStor
• ICZN 1958: "Opinion" 455. The family-group names "Sphenodontidae" Cope, 1870, and "Hatteriidae" Cope, 1864 (Class Reptilia). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 15A: 149–150. BHL
• Jones, M.E.H.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, J.P.; Evans, S.E.; Worthy, T.H. 2009: A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon). Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 276: 1385–1390. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1785