Biology:Tika giacchinoi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Family: | Sphenodontidae |
| Genus: | †Tika Apesteguía, Garberoglio & Gómez, 2021 |
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| †Tika giacchinoi Apesteguía, Garberoglio & Gómez, 2021
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Tika is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Cretaceous Candeleros Formation of Argentina . The type species is Tika giacchinoi. It is considered to be closely related to the tuatara, (Sphenodon punctatus), and a member of the Sphenodontinae. It is the oldest member of Sphenodontinae known from South America.[1]
References
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- ↑ Apesteguía, Sebastián; Garberoglio, Fernando F.; Gómez, Raúl O. (2021-09-30). "Earliest Tuatara Relative (Lepidosauria: Sphenodontinae) from Southern Continents" (in en). Ameghiniana 58 (5). doi:10.5710/amgh.13.07.2021.3442. ISSN 0002-7014. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.13.07.2021.3442.
