- the vast
majority of
rhynchocephalians have a
posteriorly directed process (extension) of the
jugal bone. All
known rhynchocephalians lack the
splenial bone...
-
lizards today were
formerly held by
rhynchocephalians.
There was even a
successful group of
aquatic rhynchocephalians known as pleurosaurs,
which differed...
-
containing all
descendants of the last
common ancestor of
squamates and
rhynchocephalians.
Lepidosaurs can be
distinguished from
other reptiles via several...
-
Ichthyornis was a toothed, seabird-like
ornithuran from the Late
Cretaceous Rhynchocephalians (which
today only
includes the tuatara)
disappeared from
North America...
- Pelecymala, the most
diverse and long-lasting
group of
herbivorous rhynchocephalians were the opisthodonts. Some more
generalized opisthodonts, such as...
-
rhynchocephalians, however,
their position is disputed, with some
studies recovering them as less
closely related to
squamates than
rhynchocephalians...
-
attached to the apex of the jaw bone,
similar to
other primitive rhynchocephalians like Diphydontosaurus.
These teeth underwent replacement. The frontal...
-
Paleontology portal History of
science portal Dinosaurs portal This list of
fossil reptiles described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of
fossil reptiles...
-
clade Lepidosauria.
Squamates are a
monophyletic sister group to the
rhynchocephalians,
members of the
order Rhynchocephalia. The only
surviving member of...
- W., Heyng, A. M., López-Arbarello, A., & Hecker, A. (2012). A new
rhynchocephalian from the Late Jur****ic of
Germany with a
dentition that is
unique amongst...