Sphenocondor

Sphenocondor is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.[3]

Sphenocondor
Temporal range:
Middle-Late Toarcian
~[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Genus: †Sphenocondor
Apesteguía et al. 2012
Type species
†Sphenocondor gracilis
Apesteguía et al. 2012

Phylogeny

A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apestiguia et al. (2012) resulted in the following tree which shows the relationship of Sphenocondor to other rhynchocephalians:

 
 

Youngina

 
 

Pristidactylus

 
 

Gephyrosaurus

 
Sphenodontia
 

Diphydontosaurus

 
 
 

Planocephalosaurus

 
 
 

Rebbanasaurus

 
 
 
 

Sphenocondor

 
 

Godavarisaurus

 
 
 
 
 

Clevosaurus

 
 

Brachyrhinodon

 
 
 
 

Palaeopleurosaurus

 
 
 
 

Sapheosaurus

 
 

Kallimodon

 
 
 
 
 

Theretairus

 
 

Sphenovipera

 
 
 
 

Homoeosaurus

 
 

Zapatadon

 
 

Cynosphenodon

 
 

Sphenodon

 
 

Ankylosphenodon

 
Opisthodontia
 

Kawasphenodon

 
 

Opisthias

 
 
 
 

Kaikaifilusaurus

 
 

Eilenodon

 
 

Toxolophosaurus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. Pol, D.; Gomez, K.; Holwerda, F. M.; Rauhut, O. W.; Carballido, J. L. (2022). "Sauropods from the Early Jurassic of South America and the Radiation of Eusauropoda". South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. 1 (1): 131–163. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. Apesteguía, S. N.; Gómez, R. L. O.; Rougier, G. W. (2012). "A basal sphenodontian (Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the phylogeny and biogeography of Gondwanan rhynchocephalians". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (2): 342. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00837.x.


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