Biology:Pelecymala
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptile
| Pelecymala | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Genus: | †Pelecymala Fraser, 1986 |
| Species: | †P. robustus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pelecymala robustus Fraser, 1986
| |
Pelecymala is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile that lived in southwest England during the Triassic period.[1][2] It has been recovered in recent studies as a primitive member of the group.[3]
References
- ↑ C., Fraser, N.. New Triassic sphenodontids from south-west England and a review of their classification : Palaeontology 29, (1), 1986 165-186 : ill. OCLC 703911835. http://worldcat.org/oclc/703911835.
- ↑ "Mindat.org". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4821615.html.
- ↑ Herrera-Flores, Jorge A.; Stubbs, Thomas L.; Elsler, Armin; Benton, Michael J. (July 2018). "Taxonomic reassessment of Clevosaurus latidens Fraser, 1993 (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) and rhynchocephalian phylogeny based on parsimony and Bayesian inference" (in en). Journal of Paleontology 92 (4): 734–742. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.136. ISSN 0022-3360.
Wikidata ☰ Q113903615 entry
