Biology:Pelecymala

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptile

Pelecymala
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Genus: Pelecymala
Fraser, 1986
Species:
P. robustus
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

  1. 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. 
  2. "Mindat.org". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4821615.html. 
  3. 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